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Final destination - at the Potala Palace View of the Potala Palace from the hotel at night entrance to the Shangbala End of the long road to Lhasa

Shang Bala Lhasa

No.1 Dan Jie Lin Road Lhasa, Tibet, 850000, China

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Made It To Tibet

A travel blog entry by gregd999

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Just as suddenly and unexpectedly as the cabin lights all went off and plunged us into darkness last night, at 6:30am we were all blinded as they came on.

During the night we had taken on a second engine and ascended the plateau, dropped the extra engine and crested the highest ridge at 5100m. We were now roaring across rolling hills, a …

Lhasa

A travel blog entry by gregd999

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After breakfast in the restaurant, our first stop was the bank, followed by a 4 hour tour of the Drepung Monastery. The guide is very knowledgeable, but the temptation is to explain every Buddha and every picture in every temple, so everybody was very over it by the end.

It was the biggest monastery in Tibet, and there used to be 10,000 …

The Potala Palace

A travel blog entry by gregd999

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An early morning walk around the old quarter after breakfast while we waiting for our time slot at the Potala Palace. Watched the rubbish being collected by a cart playing Mr Whippy type music to let the shop keepers know it was coming. Real 'Bring Out Your Dead' stuff.

Our timeslot for the Potala Palace grounds was 10:20, and we were …

Day 6 - The Potala and the Jokhang

A travel blog entry by meckley

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At breakfast, we found out that the group of people we met at the airport were also staying at our hotel. After breakfast, we worked on finishing the last two day’s blogs and did some laundry. We were not going to be picked up until 11:00, so we got some extra rest.
We met or guide Ten Zin (pronounced Din Tee). Our driver was Sow Nang ( …

Day 7 - Deprung and Sera Monasteries

A travel blog entry by meckley

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I have been trying to learn a few phrases in Tibetan. Hello, good-bye, and thank you are the only ones I will really memorize. I have a phrase book for anything else. I use these phrases at the restaurants and monasteries. I noticed that they would giggle every time I used a Tibetan phrase. Maybe it’s my accent?!?

We got an earlier …

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