Another shot across the town

Everest Here We Come!

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November 7th 2007
EBC Trip - Wednesday 7th November We had decided that we wanted to do a trip to Everest Base Camp (normally a five day round trip from Lhasa) as we may never have the opportunity again, so we spent a few days running around checking notice boards outside the popular budget hotels and checking internet forums - the travel agents arranging the trips don't make it easy as they insist that t ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet » Gyantse

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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