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Pokhara airport, Gurkhas who had returned on leave were greeted by their families and they each prepare their journeys home into the valleys with their large packs of gear, often up to 5/6 days walk.The soldiers bring home for their families radios, kerosene lamps and other useful items.The relatives stand ynder a big banyan tree, some Tibetan women twirling their prayer wheels in their hands and stood on the chatura or stone seat around the tree. 
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