Nepal

Dolakha's high shrine at 3,842 metres, reachable in a day and often the first snow visitors see.

Nepal's largest lake, high in Mugu, ringed by blue pine and almost entirely to yourself.

A high grazing valley in Baglung, between the Dhaulagiri massif and the western hills.

The three cities, the great stupas and the river temples, with a guide who can read them.

Nepal's tea country in the far east, green hills terraced to the horizon.

The trans-Himalayan north - desert canyons, whitewashed villages and the old walled city of Lo Manthang.