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East life!!!!!!!!!
This is a top pick! In the bustling town of Lhasa, there formed a band..... a boy band. I doubt any westerners would have heard of them but in Tibet they were truely gods! Having established themselves on the pub / club scene as a band to be reckoned with, it wasn't ...
The Friendship Highway, Day 1
This is a top pick! · Gyantse, Tibet, China · GMT + 8hrs · Altitude: 13,000ft (3,950 metres) Lhasa to Kathmandu. Day 1 · Day 1 hours driving: 6 · Day 1 Altitude gain: 1,025ft (310m) · Day 1 Highlights: Scenery & warming up in Gyantse with green tea · Day 1 ...
Sleeping with Monks
This is a top pick! ... as a cultural relic of the state and is protected by the government. This is critical because in the 1960's during China's cultural revolution, the government destroyed many of the monasteries in Tibet, and the ones that remained suffered due to ...
Tibet
This is a top pick! I caught a bus with a number of other travelers at 5:00am on the 30th. We made our way out of Katmandu towards the border stopping at a breathtaking cliffside restaurant for breakfast where I met some of my travelmates. All are very nice and able to ...
Start of the Adventure
This is a top pick! At 8:30 we had to be ready to catch our Jeep for the start of our Tibet tour. After last nights excess I had the worst hangover of my life! Apparantly drinking so quickly at high altitude is a no-no? No one told us! It hurt to move my head so a bumpy car ...
4th day on the road to Lhasa
Today we drove 90km to Gyantse (3.950m). Again the view along the way is lovely and visited the Pachu monastery. The rest of the afternoon was free. No much to do on that village. We rested from all the ...
Palkhor Monestary and Kumbum stupa
We also went to the Palkhor Monastery (meaning lucky and happy monastery) Palkhor Monastery lies at the downtown of Gyangts County. Some serious colours here, beautiful, rich and from the Ming dynasty. The rooms were in pitch ...
Gyantse
... by the Chinese government to pay tribute to the Tibetan defenders who sought to "preserve the territorial frontiers of greater China against British imperialists" or some bs like that. True to the Communist habit of uglifying anywhere they set foot ...
Gyantse and Shigatze
This is a top pick! Gyantse and Shigatze My first experience in combat shopping... We awoke that morning refreshed with having slept on a nice soft bed. We headed out to the Pelkor Chode Monastery and Kumbum Stupah which lay on the outskirts of Gyantse. Getting out of ...
Tibet day 5- first view of Mt Everest
Another early start today and another long drive but we all dived into breakfast with a feeling of anticipation. We will get our first glance of Mt Everest today we hope – provided the cloud cover is not too low. Drove along the Friendship Highway ...
Kohti lantta
Kauan odotettu jeeppiretki alkoi aamuvarhaisella ensin kohti Yamdrok Tso (4380 m) nimista jarvea. Kristallin kirkas turkoosi vuorten ymparoima jarvi on tiibetilaisille pyha, mutta kiinalaisille ei. He ovat rakentaneet tunnelin, johtamaan vetta joesta ...
Khoraglacier 5020 Meters above sea level
These are spots we got off the bus to take pictures and grab the chance to experience shortness of breath as I walk around. Kharoglacier is closest in altitude to base camp. Note, that in every high pass we come to, there are prayer flags... these flags ...
Shegar
Another day of amazing scenery. Hard to describe. The road, the Friendship Highway is not a highway of sorts but a dirt track under constant construction as they hope to have it all paved....one day. There were many projects on the go but none ...
Day 32
Off to Gyantse today via the Tibetan Khambala and Karola High Passes - a mere 8 hour drive. Another ass-clenching road, this time reaching over 16,000 ft. Needless to say, I was a tad on edge, particularly when the driver started gabbing on his mobile ...
Rongbuk Monastery, Everest Base Camp
Off we are early in the morning. The sun just rising over the peaks of some of the smaller mountains.We stop at a checkpoint just past Shegar, haul out our passports for the gaurd and off we go again. UP and up and around another bend. More ...
Tibet day 4- Glorious Gyantse
... the magnificent scenery of Tibet. We are all commenting on how blue and clear the sky is….perhaps we have been living in China for too long!! We have a long drive today but plenty to see along the way. We head through the Nyang chu valley and along ...
The road to Lhasa
... Bijna in elk dorpje heb je een nieuwe typisch Chinese straat (garagepoortwinkel stijl), een legerbasis en bijhorende bordelen. Ja, in China zijn er officieel geen hoeren en dat kan kloppen, want de regering geeft ze subsidies om naar Tibet te ...
Gyantse
Gyantse....not much there except for an old fortress and a monstery and a really weird vibe... We left Lhasa at 9 am, drove down a paved road through many little villages and up a windy but paved road to the top of our first pass, 4950 metres. Here we ...
Gyantse Festival
We have arrived in Gyantse for its annual four-day festival. Despite a population of only 15,000 people, the town is bigger than most in the region and has internet access, laundry facilities and a decent hotel to spend a few days in relative ...
Watching soccer in Tibet
After having a sleep in till 8:30, we had breakfast at 9:00 to leave Chigatse at 10:00, for a 91km drive to Gyangtse. Half way we stopped at a sampa watermill.. After staying there for 30 min, we went on to Gyangtse. At approx 12:30 we arrived in ...
Snow at Sunrise at Lake Namtso
When we opened the door to the tent around 7:30am, we were surprised to see light snowfall on the mountains across the lake! What a beautiful view, there was some higher grey cloud while the lower part of the mountains were light by the early ...
Gyantse
... sightseeing starts, and we browse a local market on our way to find food. There are imported fruits and vegetables from mainland China as well as local products like smelly yak butter, smelly yak cheese, yak wool, and pretty handpainted furniture. We ...
On the road to Gyantse with The Stig...
Lhasa (3660m) to Gyantse (3990m) by jeep Today a fourth jeep joined us which meant a change of driver and change of travelling companions for us all, but as everyone on the tour is so nice it doesn't matter who we travel with. Firstly, I think it is ...
7 Days in Tibet (part 1)
The past week or so has been spent travelling south towards Everest Base Camp, stopping at a vast lake and four historic monastery towns. I have really enjoyed what I have seen of Tibet – the culture (or rather, what is left of it) is fascinating, ...
The Imposing Hill Fortress
This town is a quiet small town, and I could not ignore the stray dogs on the streets. I am an animal lover, so I notice the other wandering living beings. I sit behind the driver, and I make sure he does not run over these poor strays. Anyways, ...
In Search Of Yetis
Today we had a 7 hour drive to Gyantse, but it was all about the journey and not the destination. We left our hotel just before 10:30am (our driver was late, we were supposed to leave at 10am) and headed out on the road back towards the airport. ...
Reflections
What has amazed us – or at least me traveling through Asia and has even intensified since we reached Nepal is the openness of the people—not necessarily to talk, but to urinate--wherever. In Vietnam the term used was “Happy ...
Kumbum
After a peachy start with paved roads and our first high climb (jeep-wise) to see Yamdrok Tso, a impressive blue high-altitude lake (pictures never do these kind of things justice) - we reached Gyantse. Our stop for the first night. Driving into town, ...