Entering Qomolangma National Park

Journey to the Top of the World

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November 9th 2007
EBC Trip, Friday 9th November With a bright and early start (sort of...) we set off for the small nondescript town of Shegar where we stopped to purchase our Everest Base Camp (EBC) permits - yet another section of red tape on the bureaucratic highway we seemed to be travelling, but one which we hoped would be the last. Shortly after departing Shegar we reached the Everest turnoff fr ... read more

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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