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Dodgy Ankle
Well, back in Lhasa, laid up again.... Left Gyantse as planned on 11 Feb as planned, via minibus. In the abscence of much organised public transport, these mini-van/bus operators fill a valuable role. Unfortunately, the ones I found were more the Marx Brothers of bus operations. After several bog laps of Gyantse's main street looking for more …
Specialty Food in Tibet
... is also popular food in Tibet. In the winter,
beef and mutton are cut into long stripes and hung in shaded place to be
air-dried. The dried meat is crisp and tastes good and can be eaten raw since
the chilliness in the winter has killed bacteria during the process.
Big joints of beef and ...
Mission Possible: Tibet (Part I)
... stage was scanning the front and visa pages of our passports and sending a deposit. There were two methods of payment that we could use: wiring the money via Western Union or transferring to the operators account at the Bank of China. As we were already in Guangzhou the second option was preferable to us. Sasha was surprised by courtesy and efficiency of the clerk at the Shamian branch. The person even spoke some basic English.
That was the moment Sasha ...
Lhasa Dag 4-5-6
... een groot park met hier en daar verblijven en een (volgens de overige backpackers uit mijn hostel) droevige dierentuin. Het zomerverblijf van de huidige Dalai Lama was er nog intact en te bezichtigen. Hieruit bleek dat hij de moderne snufjes van radio en ander elektronisch vernuft niet schuwde (Robin: Maar hij had GEEN Playstation!). Ook bleek dat hij daadwerkelijk een toilet bezat waar hij dagelijks verlichting zocht :-). De complexen waren mooi maar lang niet zo uitbundig als in ...
My First Tibetan Musical Experience
... the hot water as long as possible, so I didn't even turn on the water until I had body wash and loofah in hand. Ready for the water, I turned on the handle and nearly jumped out of my skin as cold water rained from the shower head. Having turned the handle to left, I waited for the water to eventually become warm.
I waited for about 2 minutes and felt that the water had become a little warmer but not by much. It was still about the temperature of ...