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View of the mountains from the rim of Kathmandu Valley.

Nepal is a small Hindu kingdom nestled between India and China. Much of the country is hilly or mountainous, making transportation very difficult.

View of the only road that bears traffic from Kathmandu to and from the rest of Nepal.		Even the capital city, Kathmandu, which is located in a valley at an elevation of about 4000 feet, has only one road down to the plains.

Every monsoon season the road is closed for up to a week at a time due to landslides from the heavy rains.	Site of one of the larger landslides.

One of the larger landslides. They keep digging away at the mountain, which makes it steeper and more unstable. The downhill side falls into the river below.		But the most difficult problem is the lack of access to health care for the majority of people who live in the hills and mountains where there are no roads and the only way to get to a health facility is to walk or be carried.


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