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Himalaya - Rongbuk, Tibet
Man of the plateau. Sheepskin coat, earring and extended sleeves instead of gloves.
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Read Day 60: Tingri to Rongbuk
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Introduction
Postscript
Day 1: Up the Khyber
Day 2: Peshawar
Day 3: South to Darra Adam Khel
Day 4: Fatehjang
Day 5: Taxila
Day 7: Peshawar to the Kalash Valleys
Day 8: The Kalash Valleys
Day 9: To Chitral
Day 10: Chitral
Day 12: Chitral
Day 13: Chitral to Mastuj
Day 15: From Mastuj Fort to the Shandur Pass
Day 16: The Shandur Pass
Day 17: The Shandur Pass
Day 18: The Shandur Pass
Day 19: The Karakoram Highway
Day 20: Gilgit to Skardu
Day 21: Skardu to Concordia
Day 23: Islamabad
Day 24: Rawalpindi
Day 25: Rawalpindi to Lahore
Day 26: Lahore
Day 27: Lahore
Day 28: Lahore to Amritsar
Day 30: Amritsar
Day 31: Amritsar to Chandigarh
Day 32: Chandigarh to Shimla
Day 34: Shimla
Day 35: Shimla to Dharamsala
Day 36: Dharamsala and McLeodganj
Day 38: Dharamsala and McLeodganj
Day 40: Srinagar, Kashmir
Day 41: Srinagar
Day 42: Ladakh
Day 44: Kathmandu
Day 46: Kathmandu to Lekhani
Day 47: Lekhani
Day 48: Lekhani to Pokhara
Day 49: Pokhara to Chomrung
Day 50: Chomrung to Dovan
Day 51: Dovan to Derali
Day 52: Derali to Machhapuchhre Base Camp
Day 53: to Annapurna Base Camp
Day 54: Annapurna Base Camp to Pokhara
Day 56: Kathmandu
Day 57: Kathmandu
Day 58: Kathmandu to the Chinese border
Day 59: Xangmu to Tingri
Day 60: Tingri to Rongbuk
Day 61: Rongbuk
Day 62: Rongbuk to Everest Base Camp
Day 63: Rongbuk to Shigatse
Day 64: Shigatse to Lhasa
Day 65: Lhasa
Day 66: Lhasa
Day 67: Lhasa
Day 68: Lhasa
Day 69: North from Lhasa
Day 71: Near Yushu, Qinghai Province
Day 72: Yushu
Day 73: Yushu
Day 74: Yushu
Day 76: Shigu to the Tiger Leaping Gorge
Day 77: Tiger Leaping Gorge
Day 79: Lugu Lake
Day 80: Lugu Lake
Day 81: Lugu Lake
Day 82: Lugu Lake to Lijiang
Day 83: Lijiang
Day 85: Lijiang
Day 86: Lijiang
Day 87: Lijiang to Kunming
Day 88: Kunming
Day 90: Longwa
Day 91: Longwa
Day 92: Longwa to Digboi
Day 93: Digboi, Assam
Day 94: Digboi to Dibrugah
Day 95: Dibrugah
Day 97: Dibrugah to Majuli Island
Day 98: Majuli Island
Day 99: Majuli to Kaziranga
Day 100: Kaziranga
Day 101: Kaziranga to Guwahati
Day 103: Gantey
Day 104: Gantey
Day 105: Gantey to Thimpu
Day 106: Thimpu to Takstang
Day 108: Jangothang
Day 109: Jangothang to Takengthanka
Day 110: Takengthanka to Sharma Zampa
Day 111: Sharma Zampa to Paro
Day 112: Paro
Day 114: Paro
Day 115: Paro
Day 117: Near Sylhet, Bangladesh
Day 118: Sylhet
Day 119: Chittagong
Day 121: Dhaka
Day 123: Dhaka to the Delta
Day 124: Chandpur to Mongla
Day 125: Mongla to the Bay of Bengal
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Series
: Himalaya
Title
: Rongbuk, Tibet
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: Day 60: Tingri to Rongbuk
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