Xegar
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Shegar - New Tingri
Drive from Shigatse to Shegar (Xegar, New Tingri etc) We started the day off with a visit to Tahilumpo/Tashilumpo monastery. This too was featured in Michael Palin's Himalaya which we watched just before we came out. It has the largest Bronze Buddha ...
Road to Everest
We had a mid-morning start for the drive to the Mt Everest region. After a bit of time in a river valley, we climbed up through some gentle passes (to 4500 m) before dropping back down to the valley and the town of Lhartse. We headed straight through, ...
Day 11 - Xegar or Bust
... lunch, they grabbed a five year old that they knew. I had to take five more pictures. We were informed that the road to Xegar was closed until 7:00 because of construction. Ten Zin decided to bypass a checkpoint and see if we could make it. We drove out ...
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