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Tibet

Getting drunk on the road to Kathmandu

May 8, 2011 Destinations
Getting drunk on the road to Kathmandu

Have you ever had one of those absolutely perfect travel days? The kind that you wish you could go back and do over again, in exactly the same way? I had one of those days when I crossed the China/Nepal border, on the road to Kathmandu from Tibet. And it was all because I was [...]

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Reaching Everest Base Camp

April 30, 2011 Tibet
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The Tibetans call it Chomolungma, or goddess mother of the world. And so when Sonam, our driver, slowed the landcruiser and started pointing and chattering in Tibetan it took us a moment to realise what he meant. Mt Everest.

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Prayer flags and hypoxia

April 22, 2011 Buddhism
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Life on the Tibetan plateau at 4,000 metres (13,000ft) above sea level and higher, is lived for two things: survival. And the divine.

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