Himalaya
Day 60: Tingri to Rongbuk

It looks, for a moment, like the most wonderful place in the world. The same long, low, Tibetan-style layout as the Snow Leopard in Tingri, but with a hugely more spectacular location. This turns out to be its only redeeming feature. From the filthy, littered courtyard to the soulless concrete rooms with broken windows and the foul, doorless lavatories, Rongbuk Guest House is pretty much a hell hole.
The redeeming feature, however, is not to be underestimated. There is only one mountain to be seen from here and that is Everest. It stands, massive, grand and solitary, only a few miles away across the end of the valley. It is the horizon.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Himalaya
- Chapter: Day 60: Tingri to Rongbuk
- Country/sea: Tibet
- Place: Rongbuk
- Book page no: 145
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