Tibet Tianyu Traffic Hotel Lhasa

... aware we were at 3,700m above sea level. After checking us in with our passports and travel permits copied and with a plan to meet for the tour at 9.30am tomorrow Meema left us. We headed out at 7pm walking towards the main square to find a restaurant to eat and somewhat lost we ended up on a main street and looking up we were confronted with the floodlit Potala Palace and it was a truly stunning sight at night and I was excited to be here in Lhasa. Walking and making enquiries in ...

... butter for me to mix with mine. I tried it both ways and defiantly liked it better when I added the extra ingredients. I was told that this was a staple, and was eaten at every meal. We also had beef stew, steamed duck, and beef jerky. I was offered Tibetan vodka, but I am not a big drinker, so I politely declined, and they did not push it. After dinner we had Tibetan butter tea. I had heard about it, and was told that ...

... Pilgrims from all over Tibet travel thousands of kilometres on foot, on extensive pilgrimages to this revered place. It is quite something else.<br><br>There is a short video I will upload that will give you an idea of the extent of the devotion Tibetans have. The flagstones have human sized grooves that match the protestations of the devotees. They literally fall flat on their faces as part of the prayer process.<br><br>Jokhangs history is interesting. It was built in 7th century ...

... mehr von etwas.... na super.<br><br>Nach mehrmaligem nachfragen haben sie dann doch mein permit gefunden. Glück gehabt.... wär cool gewesen. Ich am Flighafen - das permit in der Stadt....<br><br>Aber so bin ich dann nach 1 1/2 stündigem Flug in Lhasa gelandet. Dort wurde ich bereits von Song erwartet - und nachdem noch 3 andere Gäste zugestiegen waren gings los in die Stadt.<br><br>Das Hotel, das ich übers Internet gefunden hab ist wirklich toll. Urgemütlich - gef ...

... statues of the lions that are mythical protectors (one has a ball and it looks like the other one is mauling a baby lion). We found out that it is known as Lions of Fo in China - the male has a ball and the female has a cub. Fo means Buddha in Chinese. In Tibet the guardian lions are known as the Snow Lions. <br><br>We crossed back over the moat. In the middle there are covered pavilions.<br><br>We went to the New Summer Palace that was built in 1956 by the 14th Dalai Lama ...

... vorne war, waren etwa 250 Yuan drin (also etwa 27,- Euro) was bei 24 Leuten schon recht Peinlich ist. Fuer den Abend war dann noch eine Art Abschlussabendessen, mit dem Geburtstag der Amerikanerin Susanne geplant und zwar in einem schoenen tibetischen Restaurant. Die ganze Aktion mit Buffet usw. wurde vom Hollaender Huub geplant und war wirklich sehr gelungen. Nach dem Essen sollte es daran gehen den Geburtstag ordentlich zu feiern und nachdem die Daenen und Hollaender jeweils ...

... practiced here also incorporated a strong element of the animistic pre-Buddhist B'on religion so it was interesting to observe a mix of styles in both architecture and religious practice. Xigatse with it's mere 20.000 inhabitants is Tibet's second biggest city. It is dominated by a fort that looks like a smaller version of the Potalla Palace as well as the sweeping complex of the Tashilumpu monastery.This is traditionally fronted by the second-most important ...

... Mount Everest. I am sure we did a lot of extra left banking just so everyone got enought time to take all the pictures they wanted. The flight was only an hour, had a great box lunch(?), we ate the fruit and sweets and nuts. Soon it was landing time, at quite a new looking airport. It was cold here and I couldn't get my jacket on fast enough. We first went through the visa ...

... the plains, we saw the first oil rigs, topped by flaming beacons, and wove the Land Cruiser through our first herd of camels. These were double-humped bactrians, Silk Road beasts with summer coats and clear eyes. The temperature had risen 40 degrees. In the Tengyur guide, you are advised at this point to join a caravan to continue north. Eight centuries later, the third Panchen Lama warned, 'You will cross a place without water or people... It is desert... go for 21 days.' The 13th ...