Namucuo Hotel Lhasa

... smoking despite signs saying no smoking
Then it hit me as we went over 5,550 mtr pass, headache came on and could not lift my head off pillow
When the train stopped they said in english foreigners do not get off the train, as usually people got off when it stopped for 10 minutes to walk about
Well that night I slept with the water bottle in my mouth and sipped water all night long, could not lift my head off ...

... scenery (including some of the bluest lakes I have ever seen). People may rag on China about their oppression of the Tibetan people but I'll give them credit, they know how to build a road. Once we got into China, the "friendship highway" changed from the severely rutted, washed-out mess we had in Nepal to something that would rival anything in the US. The ...

... Gebäude, wurde während der Kulturrevolution 1959 zerstört - und heute zum teil wieder aufgebaut. Beeindruckend die Lage in den Berg gebaut und sich der Landschaft anpassend.

war wirklich ein toller Aufenthalt. Nahezu keine Touristen - sehr freundliche Mönche - und absolute Ruhe - im vergleich zu Lhasa mal ganz wohltuend.
Lhasa, Tibet, China wolgo0420

... of the children. This is to give them good dreams and a good sleep.

In the next chapel there was a statue of the present Buddha. He was seated on a throne and surrounded by dragons. There was also the future Buddha and some scriptures. The next chapel has the future Buddha, the 1000 armed Buddha and the Buddha of Infinite Light. The next chapel has scriptures, the present Buddha draped with white scarves and Tara.

We re-entered the main hall and saw ...

... The meat was so tender and seasoned very well. I also had masala tea (more spicy than Lijiang, yum). Bill ordered BBQ yak which turned out to be spiced like Indian food. His stomach is still bothering him, so he could not eat it even though he really enjoyed the taste. We also had some yak butter tea which is less salty than Lijiang and was good. Bill tried it, but stuck with a large bottle of Lhasa beer instead. Lunch was a reasonable 73 yuan and I ate ...

... they got bigger and bigger ears listening to our plans and finally decided that they would like to join us. Not only was our troupe of 4 people a good way to reduce the cost of our endeavour. We also gelled well and were excellent company. It is a bit of an adventure to organise any trip into Tibet nowadays, especially since the borders were closed until late summer after the March uprisings in Tibet. You can only enter Tibet in a group (which is at least 2 people ...

... of lanes to get onto the overpass to get to the train station. The station is on the outskirts of town and of course it is new, I think it opened in the summer of 2006 or 2007 (check it out at seat61.com and click on China down the left hand side there are pictures as you scroll down). We left the driver and guide on the parking lot and walked past several military guards and then through security and into the nice new huge train station where we had to go and fill out ...

... hidden deep inside the two rings of snow mountains mentioned in prophecies. The armies of Shambhala were crushing hordes of barbarians; an elephant scythed the ranks of the deluded materialists. In the warm and airy summer palace - which the Dalai Lama had fled in 1959 disguised as a common Tibetan soldier to escape Chinese troops, before crossing to India and setting up his government in exile - there was another round painting of Shambhala, directly across from his final throne ...

... permit. 7.Travel agency mail the original paper of your Tibet permit to you(please note,you cannot use copy to pass the security check right now),then youwww hold the paper to get on the airplane to Lhasames more click: http://www.tibettravel.org/

... ikina. Toissapaivana hermostuin raflassa kun kaikki kinkit huusi niin kovaa ja kiljuin taysia englanniksi etta on arsyttavaa kun ihmiset HUUTAA koko ajan eika kuule omaa aantaan. Kukaan ei oikeesti rapayttanyt silmaakaan, taalla on niin normaalia kiljua suoraa kurkkua. Ja kuulemma jos on pitempaan Kiinassa tai Tiibetissa voi kayda kopelosti kun palaa kotimaahan; ruotsalaiskaveri kertoi sylkeneensa epailyttavan sienen kotimaassa ravintolan lattialle refleksinomaisesti ...