It must have been food poisoning, we reason, as I'm feeling fine again this morning. I skip the cold omelet with soggy bread though in favour of some biscuits and nuts in the jeep. The drive is quite short today, leaving more time for sightseeing. Gyantse boasts an impressive 3 sights: the fortress on a the mountaintop, the Phalkor Monastry an...

  After locating our guide in Gyantse, first stop was the local monastery, which was infinitely better than Shigatse.  The main temple building was huge, with monks chanting and praying inside, butter lamps smoking everywhere (makes for slippery floors), fabuluously coloured paintings and statues (of Buddha, his disciples, translators,...

Okay, so its been a couple of days since I was in Lhasa. The day before yesterday we travelled for about four hours to Samye Monastery in our 4 wheel drive landcruisers. Samye Monastery is the oldest monastery in Tibet.  We stayed at the monastery overnight, which was an experience! After getting over the initial shock of the accomodation...

On our way to the Capital of Tibet. Gyangze was one of the stops.