Sunrise on Day 1

Everest Base Camp & the Friendship Highway

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March 11th 2008
With our Chinese Visa's running out our minds had been made up for us, we were going to have to head for Nepal, which was no bad thing as it turned out. DAY 1 13/11/2007 We left at 7.00 am, Pete, Anna, Lucia and myself, along with our new mate Dunba, who was going to be our driver and guide for the next few days. He had little or no English but he was a nice jovial sort who had a way of ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet » Friendship Highway

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more