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Lhasa Slideshow
Lhasa
Travel Blogs from Lhasa, China
The Icons of Tibet
... 13 floors of the building. There are over 1000 room in this building, it is phanominal. I will include photos. Everywhere in Lhasa there are Chinese soldiers, one the streets in groups of 6 with guns and shields, on roofs and marching in the ...
Back out of the clouds
... that he needed to get down to the next city today and not in 2 days with the group. OATS arranged for us to leave Lhasa and stay at a hotel in Chungqing to wait for our group on Tuesday. As soon as we arrived in Chungqing all breathing and headache ...
do something really worth being proud
... worth being proud, while being there is. The Beijing to Lhasa train is one of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway trains which is running by China Railways right now. This year, I’m gonna to have some tours to tibet, the highest region in the world. My tours ...
Världens tak
... om intressanta saker som livets hjul och dess innebörd, lidandet och de sex levnadsstadierna. Pilgrimer från hela Tibet passerar dagligen Lhasa som troligen är den heligaste av städerna, här finns nämligen ett otal heliga tempel, kloster och ...
Capitol of Tibet
Top of the world at last.
... or should I say hillscape is quite different with very little vegetation on the mountains. As we reach the outskirts of Lhasa there many new industrial developments in construction or completed. Many new shops in fact we see few old buildings. We stop ...
Bring on the big city and palace
... and then standing up again, they would repeat this 1000 times once a week acording to our tibetean guide! the restof the time in Lhasa we spent shopping!! I bought this great tibetean skirt, i had seen people wear them near base camp. they are long ...
Make your dream about Tibet no longer be dream
If the idea of having Tibet tours comes in your mind, you may very likely ask yourself the following questions: Where is Tibet? Is Tibet very far away? How to get to Tibet? Why is it so attractive? Is Tibet really as good as what people say? Why ...
How to get to Tibet
... train ticket to Tibet. However, as it will take over 40 hours to get to Tibet by train from Beijing to Lhasa, Shanghai, Chengdu and other cities of China, you'd better choose a sleeper that will cost you USD 120 to USD150. Compared with flying to Tibet, ...
Barkhor Market and Jokhang Temple
... where there is a open window with fresh oxygen supply. As always mentioned by others, Barkhor Market is the real centre of Lhasa where it mixed with the social and religious life of local people. And it attracted a lot of outsiders like ...
You say Potala; I say Potola
... Po-TOE-la. But first, a weather flash: Last night it rained - the first rain we've experienced - and the mountains surrounding Lhasa are now snow-capped with the first snow of the year. We were all excited because every one of us had packed a jacket ...
Landscape and beauty of nature
I saw very beautfiul landscape on my way from Chengdu,Sichuan to Lhasa, Tibet. We followed the northern route. It took 14 days to cover the entire route. We hired a four-wheeled drive. The van could accomodate 4 passengers. We paid ¥800 per day plus ...
Vivien au Tibet
Je tire un peu les rideaux et reste bouche bée. Dans l'obscurité du matin, de la neige, partout de la neige, des montagnes imposantes, une ambiance de monde à part, la sensation d'être arrivé sur une autre planète. Le noir des roches et le blanc ...
Lhasa - 7 Tage in Tibet
... belohnt. Man, es ist atemberaubend schoen, aber irgendwie fehlt doch etwas erheblich der Sauerstoff. Mitten in der Altstadt in Lhasa haben wir mit drei lustigen Japanern unser Dorm geteilt. Mitte 60, sowohl die Fussnaegel, als auch die Hornhaut ...
The Potala Palace
This morning I got up somewhat refreshed but with a full-blown cold. I knew I needed to buy some medicine today. I went to take a shower, this time in the stall that I had used before, expecting warm water. Much to my dismay, it was the same situation as ...
first day in tibet
... to the high-attitude climate. By evening, we walked slowly towards the Main Plaza along Bejing Road east ...mm...to me, Lhasa is too developed now and you can hardly feel the real tibetian taste. Lots of western tourists lingered around ...
4500m!
Yes back on net again. Still no luck with nepal. The french couple had 2 trips, I showed interest in both, and oh what a surprise, they've decided to go on the first one with some french people. BLAH! My room is facing a construction site, and they ...
Karma
... I returned, somewhat dubious of our ability to locate a hotel room, given our late arrival. I anticipated another 2+ hour trudge around Lhasa, looking for a room. We returned to the Yak Hotel, since we had left some of our belongings in order to trek ...
Pilgrimage to Lhasa
... locals, who only reluctantly retreated enough from the table to give room for the cues. But why tell about the way to Lhasa? Let pictures speak! Ich bin in Lhasa! Nicht mal im Traum hatte ich damit gerechnet, hierher zu kommen - es hat ...
Kora of the Jokhang Temple
Located in the heart of old Lhasa, the Jokhang Temple is the most sacred temple in Tibetan Buddhism. From sunrise to sunset, Tibetan Buddhists arrive at the Jokhang Temple to perform kora, a combination of pilgrimage and meditation that ...
can't believe it's not yak butter! last of lhasa..
last night in lhasa, food/supplies and a good nights sleep.. not much was achieved in lhasa after namtso, it was hardwork trying to organise a guide and land cruiser for the trip to the boarder, every agency had a different story and the prices were ...
First Pass and Yamdrok Lake
The first day left my ass hurting in ways only a new fish in block B would know. Crashing by the side of a river was a welcome relief after putting in ninety kms. Not a bad total for day one, but still a lot of wasted energy trying to find the correct ...
Before leaving Tibet....
After coming back to Lhasa, I've been taking it quite easy, visiting the tibet museum, drepung monastery, the palube monastery and trying some tibetan yogourts. I've met a few tibetan friends who taught me how to make momos (tibetan dumplings), ...