Nepal is becoming more and more politically charged by the minute. Although I don't follow the politics of the place too much (I tried, but got very lost in it all) I can tell things are starting to really happen around here. There are Maoist marches and Maoist rallies all the time. Such as this one, above. I was getting my visa renewed and was walking back from the Tourist office. The streets were filled to the brim with Maoist, or maybe YCL, protestors! I tried to cross through the madness and almost got caught in a riotous mass of people! It was a bit scary, but I got through it. Even this morning, I was walking to Thamel to do some errands, and tons of buses were driving by with people on the roof chanting things, screaming, and waving the red communist flag around.
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