Dole, France

DAY 5 Phortse Tenga (3680m) to Dole (4090m) We walked out of jail and went onwards and up, passing more yellow  rhododendron forests and some mini waterfalls. Some of the path had been blasted out of the cliff face where it was to ...

... the dining room. He said "We are not animals, Nepalese are humans like Westerners and deserve respect". We made it Dole in the evening, and met an interesting Australian women in the evening who was at Everest base camp during the ...

Today by the Nepalese calende it is the year 2065. As we get up the staff  at Dole wishes everyone a "Happy New Year" to which we return the greeting.( Some trekkers had not realised it was New Year but that was how I picked my travel dates this ...

... 'vignette' or car sticker indicating that you have paid to use their roads. So, plan B - drive without stopping back into France. I took the road to Dijon, leaving the motorway at Nyon at dusk and it was utterly astonishing. The added frisson of being very ...