Wakey wakey. Time to get up in the hotel calafornia

Everest towards home

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October 3rd 2008
Day 12 - Everest to Shigatse When we woke up, we felt like we had all had the worst nights sleep ever. Mum had been sick in the night, i had a mamouth headache and it was cold and frosty. The view however, was clear again, which meant that we had been lucky enough to see Everest two days running, which made everything worth while. We even got our postcards stamped at the worlds highest post of ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet » Shigatse

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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