Mountains & Scenery
Up where the air is thin and the view goes forever.
The high country, at its own slow altitude.
A shikara gliding across a still Kashmiri lake, peaks doubled in the water. The toy train climbing into the clouds above Darjeeling. A glacier express threading the Swiss Alps. Prayer flags snapping on a Himalayan pass, the giants of the range laid out below.
A Tibro mountain journey trades the rush for altitude and air. Scenic railways, gentle valley walks, lakeside palaces and alpine lodges, and the long, clear views that only the high country gives, taken slowly enough to actually breathe them in.
Where the peaks rise.
The Indian Himalaya
Lakeside houseboats, hill-station rail, valleys under the snow line.
Roof of the world
Kathmandu valley, foothill lodges, the great peaks on the horizon.
The last Shangri-La
Cliffside monasteries, high passes, valleys strung with prayer flags.
The Alps
Glacier railways, peak-top terraces, lakes the colour of the sky.