The hassle and wait was compensated with spectacular scenery, including this high plateau where muted earth tones met the bluest of sky, and all with the Himalayas as a backdrop. “It took us several days in Lhasa to arrange permission from China to travel overland to Everest base camp and on to Kathmandu. Later that day we arrived at Everest base camp, where we overnighted in the sole accommodation of the area — an old monastery which could only be described kindly as rustic.”— Peter Pinch

Source: thestar May 28, 2016 10:01 UTC