Inspiring Travel Writing About Mountains: Page 14 of 14

Before You Die: Ancient Pavilions | Barnaby Rogerson | Tibet | other areas of Tibet | Himalayas

"Before I die, I want to be entertained for two days in an old palace in the Himalayas whose pavilions are covered in ancient carpets. I will not be able to remember much apart from the excellence of the fruit and the boy-dancers dressed like..."

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Before You Die: Islands in a Sea of Cloud | Lee Marshall | Spain | Andalucia | Granada

"Witness mountain peaks emerging like islands from a sea of cloud. I've seen this a handful of times from the ground (aerial views don't count); most memorably from a snowy ridge in the Sierra Nevada, south of Granada. Lee Marshall"

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Before You Die: The Peak | Stuart Wolfendale | China | Hong Kong | Hong Kong City

"Assuming cloud is up or gone, experience the view from The Peak, Hong Kong, still one of the most astounding in the urban world. It makes you feel giddy, not quite ready for it. Stuart Wolfendale"

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Before You Die: Hike a Cliche | Sue Carpenter | Tibet | other areas of Tibet | Himalayas

"Cliched, but go trekking in the Himalaya. I love the atmosphere and sparkling view from Ghandruk in the Annapurna Sanctuary in March - a rural way of life unchanged since medieval times, glistening mauve mountains, pink blossom, absurdly deep..."

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Before You Die: 'Big Sky Country' | Sarah Anderson | United States | Montana | Big Sky

"United States: See Western Montana - 'Big Sky Country' - which fills you with the feeling of being one with the world. An exciting and magnificent state with mountains, rivers, forests and bears. Sarah Anderson"

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Before You Die: Addis Ababa | Anthony Healy | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa Region | Addis Ababa

"Ethiopia: One place I must see is Addis Ababa. Rumour has it, that the city in the mountains was constructed by Italian futurists and is one of the greatest examples of a late 1920’s European urban development dropped into East Africa. Hope..."

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Before You Die: Himalayan Stars | Annabel Skinner | Tibet

"Tibet, Himalayas: Lie beneath a canopy of stars on a rooftop in the high Himalayas, breathing mountain air mingled with the scent of fresh fodder grasses to the melodies of Tibetan prayers being offered to great gods."

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Before You Die: The Kashmiri Himalayas | Justine Hardy | India | Kashmir

"Watch the Kashmiri Himalayas turning from blue to rose to lavender in the last light from the front of a houseboat on Nagin Lake in Kashmir. Justine Hardy"

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Blue Mountain Country | Maureen Barry | Jamaica | The Blue Mountains | Blue Mountain Country

"To get here, you leave behind the seduction of the turquoise shore, the assault on the senses that holds the whole island in a lover’s embrace, and climb up to where the air is keener, the perception sharper"

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