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2e dag, Gyangze naar Shigatse
... gaan we op weg naar Shigatse. De weg loopt door het vruchtbaarste stukje tibet. Veel paarden en Tsampa akkers. Onderweg hebben we nog een watermolen die meel produceerde bezocht en vandaaruit reden we Shigatse binnen. Gyangze was een stad met oudere huizen, Shigatse is groter, moderner en heeft veel minder charme, helaas.
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Tibet Day 7- Shigatse to Lhasa
... a history going back more than 600 years and it is this ancient holy city that is the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the spiritual leaders in Tibet.
First stop was the Tashilhunpo Monastery which was founded in 1447 and is the largest Yellow Hat sect monastery in Tibet. The Tashilhunpo Monastery, literally known as "Auspicious Sumeru Temple", is the largest temple in the town of Shigatse. It is the traditional seat of ...
Tibet Day 6- Everest Base Camp!!
... hide the extra people” when the inspectors came around!! Not really sure of the legality of this practice or the ethics of this tour company that we are stuck with!! But at least they got a cooked breakfast whereas Sandra and I didn't get anything!
Once the sun came out it warmed up a bit ……. well it wasn’t in the – degrees anymore!! Not that we really noticed as we were all so entranced with the sights but all too soon it was time to ...
Changement de programme
... de le dire.
Après le petit déjeuner, départ en direction de Rongbu à 4'800m. Là-bas se trouve un monastère et surtout le mont Everest.
Le trajet n'est pas très long en termes de km: seulement 70. Par contre, la route n'est de loin pas celle que nous avons connue jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Il s'agit pour une fois d'une véritable route de haute montagne comme on les imagine: pas goudronnée, parsemée de grosses pierres et entravées de-ci de-là par des cours ...
Burial Place of Pachen Lama
... again. This time though took a reasonable number of photos of the roadside views I had. Very long windy road to the top of the pass. At the pass had a quick stop but found that even more clouds were out today to hide the mountains lying on the horizon.
From here a bumpy windy road back to the main road. All in all another long day of driving. Once again had to stop at a number of checkpoints to have our papers and/or passports checked once again. Pretty ...


