Chamonix, France

Chamonix, France

July 2012, taken with a Canon 200IS and then edited slightly

The mountains are possibly my favorite place in the world, so it was a lengthy process whittling down a vast selection of photographs to put up here. Even if you are the least active, outdoors-y person, I would encourage you to visit the likes of Chamonix, or any other villages in the mountains - there are few other places in the world with such natural, untouched beauty,

Fortunately the trains only run through the village every few hours so I wasn't squashed.

Up our first mountain after a 15 hour train journey. At least the fresh mountain air woke us up

It was a sheer drop below. In the horizon, you can just about make out the tips of the cluster of mountains surrounding Mont Blanc.

This inquisitive mountain goat was really friendly, but my travel companion refused to let me get too close in case she decided the headbutt me off the cliff.

Summer flora

The Aiguille du Midi viewing platform (3,842m), with Mont Blanc straight ahead. (She's the curved bump)

Mont Blanc again, this time surrounded by her mountainous buddies.

I was so jealous of these alpinists, but scaling the precipices around Mont Blanc would probably have been too much for my travel companion, who was valiantly battling vertigo in the cable car as it was. An adventure for another day then.

Hopefully, one day, I'll be joining these guys.

On the way down from Aiguille du Midi we stopped off for a hotdog and to admire the scenery. 

The dark grey, moss-covered rock was about six times the height of me, just to put things into perspective.

I went for a walk after the hot-dog and found a gopher scuttling around in the long grass. He let me take a picture of him before running away.

A bike ride around the mountains took us here.

A barbecue over the crystal clear lake. I like how the smoke looks like clouds.