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Lhasa Slideshow
Lhasa
Travel Blogs from Lhasa, China
2003 TIBETAN SKY BURIAL & JOURNEY TO NAM-TSO
... for each of us to work through the emotional experience we just had. BACK IN LHASA At our hotel we met a Korean guy who had hitchhiked to Lhasa from Golmud and who knew of a jeep driver who had just ...
A Rest Day in Lhasa
... fares, headed off to the The New Mandala Restaurant near the Jokhang Temple where we ate lunch on our first day in Lhasa. We had a delicious meal of Nepali curry with rice, vegetables and nan bread while chatting to some fellow travellers from Germany. ...
Xining to Lhasa via the world's highest railway
... well along the way. We are travelling with thermos mugs so can even have tea and bought milk for this occasion. We are approaching Lhasa and will be there imminently so time to pack up, put shoes on and get ready too go. I know there is ...
Lhasa, Part II
... of Lhasa, and no trains actually stop there yet. It is part of the newly finished, and very fancy, China-Tibet Railway line. Lhasa is a really interesting city...plenty of beggars, pilgrims and everyday people. Like most Asian cities, it is ...
Een potje met vet
... -het al op de tafel gezet. Later bezoeken we nog de de oudste monasterie van Tibet, Samye, om vervolgens weer richting Lhasa te gaan. Om daar te komen moeten we ook nog een ferryboot nemen. Het is een onverwacht hoogtepunt van de hele tocht. ...
more Nepal and tibet pictures
Hi all, here's some more pictures of Nepal and Tibet. The day after tomorrow i'll be on my way to China... Unfortunately i have to go there already cause i can't extend my visa here... bummer! But anyway, enjoy the pics ! cheers, ...
tibet!
... either, so there was nothing left to do then saying goodbye to each other... bummer! the day after the long, long trip to Lhasa started.. Man this was a journey to remember!! The first part to the border was pretty comfy; had a good seat on the ...
On the roof of the world
... from the rest of the world for so many years (and still is to a large extent), surely tourism alone would have reaped its economic rewards. The rich people and successful businesses that are visible in Lhasa wouldn't be Chinese, they'd be Tibetan. End ...
Light-Headed Lhasa
... 21 days, but we decided to shorten it to 12 days): (11.12) D01: Visit Jorkhang Temple, Barkhor Street & Drepung Monastery. (Lhasa sleep) (12.12) D02: Visit Potala Palace & Sera Monastery (Lhasa sleep) (13.12) D03: Ganden Monastery (sleep Lhasa) ...
The people
I think that what intrigues me more about Tibet are the people. They are different then anyone else I have gotten the opportunity to meet in my life. Most will give you a smile and greet you openly. Today I went back to the Jokhang and walked around ...
Lhasa Grand Finale
... nbsp;nearby monasteries, being Drepung, Nechung and Sera, all offering their own unique personalities in our introduction to Lhasa. The Drepung monastery was the home base of the Dalai Lama through to the 1600s until the 5th Dalai ...
Finally in Tibet
... town and doing some outdoor gear shopping, mostly for our three-day trek around the holy mountain of Kailash. To me, Lhasa actually appears nicer than I expected. That’s maybe because having read some reports, I got the impression that ...
Peeing Down the Side of the Potala Palace
The Potala Palace, (previous) residence of the Dalai Lamas, is a grand sight. It is perched on top of a little hill overlooking the city against a backdrop of bare mountains and blue sky and encircled by a continuous flow of pilgrims prostrating ...
David's Tibetan Haircut
For the third and probably last time on this trip, David ventured into a barber shop. This time it was a small, dark and narrow shop with mirrors on either side endlessly extending one's views. It was a Tibetan place with three ladies ready to do the ...
The Bustle Around Barkhor
Although we've walked around the Barkhor several times, today we visited the Jokhang, Tibet's spiritual heart and most sacred place, and followed the pilgrim circuit clockwise around the temple. Winding through the market streets on the way to the ...
The "Johnny Nomad Experiment" in the news!
Check out the "Johnny Nomad Experiment" in the news! ...
Cultural Revolution and the Potala
... (another opinion). How would people react? Exactly my point.I'll try to make it brief and to the point. 1. The CR shook China to its core...It trampled all of Tibet's traditions... causes countless deaths...and gave full control of mobs of Red Guards to ...
Het mystieke Lhasa
... Op het plein recht tegenover het paleis staat een groot standbeeld ter ere van de Chinese soldaten... We zijn een kleine week in Lhasa gebleven, kwestie van te acclimatiseren, de trip naar Mt Kailash te regelen en de site up te daten (bleek na twee ...
Ready to explore Tibet
... . If we get stopped by the police, we might have to pay a fine, we'll see what happens! Our initiary is as follows: Lhasa -> Yamdrok Tso Lake -> Gyantse -> Shigatse -> Lhatse -> Everest Base Camp (2 nights) -> Old Tingri -> Saga -> Zhongba -> Khor -> ...
Zuhause beim Dalai Lama
... ins Tal auf 3600m hatten wir dann gegen Abend Lhasa erreicht. Wenn man so aus dem fast menschenleeren tibetischen Hochland nach Lhasa kommt, ist es schon fast ein Kulturschock, obwohl die Stadt auch noch total isoliert am Ende der Welt liegt. Immerhin ...
A hot shower
... enough you could even ride a yak into the lake. Not sure how that works, we didnt try it. The rest of the day was just the drive back to Lhasa. Let me tell you, getting into that hot shower was just wonderful. Five days without a shower, not good. ...
We got high - 5190 metres high
... and it was as high as we were going to get, Tenzin let us have free reign on the alcohol. So we got some bottles of Lhasa beer and had quite a few drinks that evening. It was a beautiful clear night... the first clear night we had had. The stars were ...
Finaly arriving to Lhasa
... the whole time taking pictures. The scenery really looked like a postcard. Fred even sat down in a Yak. Arriving to Lhasa was a bit disappointment. It's a urbanized city. The entrance was trough an highway, followed by a modern bridge, modern buildings, ...
Yoga in Lhasa
Good luck if you made it through the last entry..... I am back in the city- going to english exchange classes, doing yoga and hanging out with people from my university and Jason and Leigh- about to hike to the second largest monastery in Tibet..... ...
Fourth and final day in Lhasa
... was foul and because of my cold, my taste buds are kinds half dead! Just as well! Tonight is our last night here in Lhasa. I will miss it, but deffinately not the smell or the yak! We will head to Nepal tomorrow morning and will sadly say goodbye to ...
Free Tibet...
... , old tatty clothes, but real character in their faces were waiting to greet us with huge smiles and a glint in their eyes. Lhasa is the most delightful place. The spiritial heart of the world they say. Home of all the Dalai Lamas of ...
Third day in Lhasa
... the internet and go back to get some rest. Tomorrow a few of us are going to see the Yamdrok Tso Lake. It is very far from Lhasa, about 5 hours drive there. The cost for hiring a van is 1000 Yuan which is about 67 pounds. I was the only one who wanted to ...