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Everest Base Camp Selected in 20 Journeys of Lifetime
The UK's leading magazine The Observer, sister publication of UK's
Guardian in its Sunday edition published on January 11, 2004 has
selected Everest Base Camp of Nepal in 20 Journeys of a Lifetime.
Selected by journalist Jill Hartley as great adventures that one
never forgets, Everest Base Camp has been placed in the seventh
position beating the destination like Galapagos Islands which was
placed first by UK's internet based travel company iexplore.com in
2003. Galapagos Islands has been placed in sixteenth position in
this list of The Observer. The famous traditional trade route known
as Silk Route from Kashgar (China) then Tashkent - Samarkand - Khiva
(Uzbekistan) is in eight position.
The Everest Base Camp is the only South Asian destination that has
been included in the list. Most of the journeys included in the list
are shared by two countries. The journey from Ruta Maya Antigua -
Quetzaltenango (Guatemala) to Lake Atitlan - Antigua (Guatemala) via
San Cristobal - Palenque - Merida (Mexico), Belize City - Caye
Caulker (Belize), Tikal has been selected as number one among 20
journeys.
Describing the Everest Base Camp journey, Jill Hartley writes,'' To
the rest of us, the crown jewel of the Himalayas invokes tales of
unbelievable human courage and strength. Today a trek to Base Camp
should be within range of any fit regular weekend walker. Those
who've done it say nothing compares with that roof-of- the-world
feeling as you stand there in awed silence surrounded by towering
snow-capped peaks. That said, the Himalayas are as famed for their
vibrant rhododendron forests as their snowy tops. You'll also need a
camera for cliff-side monasteries with football playing monks in
saffron robes, colourful yak trains accompanied by local black-eyed
urchins and vertiginous swing bridges decorated with fluttering
prayer flags. ''
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