Tibet Linyuan Hotel Lhasa

... their summers as winters were spent in the Potala.The summer palace is set in parklands and inside is also the zoo. Scattered throughout the large gardens are different palaces where the successive dalai lamas built their quite modest residences wgicg are 2 storey consisting of a prayer hall and upstairs bedrooms and study areas. All are typically decorated with murals, statues and ornate cloth thangkas and umbrella type ceiling hangings very colourful in silk. As usual the ...

... were escorted out of Tibet and sent back to China. <br><br>In 1913 the 13th Dalai Lama returned to Lhasa. The new government of China, anxious to maintain control of former territories, sent a telegram to the Dalai Lama expressing it's regret<br>at the actions of the Manchu oppressors and announcing that the Dalai Lama was being formally restored to his former rank. The Dalai Lama replied that he was uninterested in ranks bestowed by the Chinese and that he was hereby assuming ...

... original 54,000!!!! AARRRGGGGHHHHHHHH. We then asked what about in dollars and apparently its the same price if you pay in dollars. So we then had to go and exchange our ruppees for dollars. Of course not that easy, because apparently we needed a receipt of us taking our money from an atm in nepal....of course, niether of us keep them and chuck them away. Luckily after some searching I found an old one, they took pity on us and accepted it - giving us the ...

... this special dish which when it arrived seemed to have some type of "cooked worm/insect. - that was part of reason for it being expensive!!!! I do think that they all stayed in the plate!!!) I totally enjoyed the evening and it was once again very nice to be sharing a meal with a couple of great people met along the way. We could share guide stories. They were off to higher altitudes the next day and I would be visiting Gandin Monastery at about 4,000 m. <br><br>

I did check out the Lhasa Dong Coo International Youth Hostel and it seemed clean and the price seemed fair 100 for a private double and 80 for a single. adress is No. 10, Beijing East R. d Lhasa, Tibet - www.yhachina.com dongcuoguoiji@163.com phone 008608916273388.<br><br>Arriving in Lhasa was definitely a dream come true that I did not think I would realise in this lifetime. But here I am in the middle of Tibetan Culture. My flight from Chengdu to Lhasa was good ...

... size of western Europe. It is home to more than 45,000 individual glaciers covering about 90,000 square kilometres, as well as extensive permafrost. These glaciers feed all the major river systems in Asia - chiefly the Yangtze, the Yellow River, the Brahmaputra, the Mekong and the Salween. Forty per cent of the world's population depends on these life-giving waterways. They sustain agriculture in northern India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China ...

... de vol au vent blijkt toch wel last te hebben van de hoogte. Ik voel me echter kiplekker. Alleen deze morgen werd ik overvallen door een vermoeidheid die je allen terug kan vinden bij Stylo op een vrijdagnacht. Over de middag heb ik voor het eerst iets deftigs tussen mijn tanden gehad, een echte yacksteak met gebakken aardappelen, lekker, echt lekker. In de namiddag gezellig rondgeslenterd in het oude Lhasa en nog een ...

... the actual show to begin. This included various singing and dancing, some of it good, some not so good and one female singer who was really good, she sang beautifully in the high pitched singing tradition which comes from the Eastern part of Tibet. One of Tashi's friends, who also was a guide, had joined us for the evening, and he was more frank with us than Tashi about the Chinese military presence in Tibet, saying that he had got into trouble with the Chinese ...

... in the morning. Because we're looking after ourselves we'll be avoiding Lhasa beer this evening (see the observations below) hoping to have ourselves in tip-top shape for the 8:30am departure. We might be able to update our progress as we go, but I'll assume here and now that we won't (where we're going we'll be looking for heating and hot water before looking for internet access). So, if you don't hear from us by Wednesday March 5th, by ...

... of waiting pilgrims, politely declining to buy prayer flags from a rather insistent street merchant. After a whole week of organized tourist programs, it is refreshing to note that we are the only westerners around. Travel in Tibet is restricted for foreigners. Most places require a travel permit, and these are only issued to organized tourist groups. The bus arrives and all hell breaks loose. The devoted Buddhists rush for the doors and try to elbow their ...