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Farewell Walkabout
Our last day in Lhasa today, so we walked around taking in Lhasa life one last time. I wanted to take some pictures, because there are a lot of typically Tibetan things and a lot of craftsmen toiling away in the smallest workshops. In the end though, I just breathed it in. My amateur pictures would not have done justice to the life and people here …
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Fillarilla ympari ampari Kyi Chu-laaksoa
Aamu Drak Yerpalta alkoi edellis illasta huolimatta vauhdikkaasti. 12 kilometria pitka alamaki oli 570 metria korkea! Aikaa lasketteluun kului vartin verran.
Jatkoimme vehmasta ruskassa kylpevaa laakson pohjaa ylavirtaan. Idyllisia maalaiskylia, ihmisia peltotoissaan ja turkoosina kiemurteleva Kyi Chu. Fiilis oli katossa kunnes saavuimme ensimmaiselle tarkastuspisteelle. "Go back to Lhasa" oli nuoren poliisin tiukka kasky. Ulkomaalaiselle matkustaminen Tiibetissa on ...


