Tingri Hotels - Comments and Reviews

At 4 in the morning we arrived at a dirty little hotel in Tingri. We didn't care about the room cos we were so tired. The next day we moved hotels and actually had a shower with hot water and a real proper toliet (pure luxure). That day was actually clean and sunny. We had our first and we hoped not our last look at Mt Everest. We took a walk wi...

As we arrived at the Everest Base Camp there were now two groups in the truck. The Normals, absolutely delighted to finally be at the base of the world's tallest mountain and the Bleaters who were now really moaning about the fact that this was not the real base camp.

Hello meatheads, Tourists are not allowed to travel over 5400 metres a...

Heute wurde die Landschfaft dann auch wirklich spektakula** und es ging imm** weit** hoch aufs tibetische Hochplateau. Dafu** praesenti**te sich die Strasse in einem imm** schlecht**n Zustand und es wurde teilweise ein richtig** Offroad Trip bei dem ma schonmal bis an die Decke katapulti**t wurde (jetzt war es vielleicht ganz gut, dass wir den l...

We were already making great time towards Nepal, since the original plan had been to stop at Gyantse for the night. At Shigatse we had time on our hands, so we decided to take a look around the Tashilunpo Monastery. This place contains another enormous buddha image - the largest of the Matriya (future) Buddha in the world (spellings are probably...

The 5 of us assembled early in the morning of the 25th ready to rock and roll in the Toyota Land Cruiser. I decide to get it over and done with, taking the seat in the boot for the first day. Not long after leaving the comforts of Lhasa the road takes a turn for the worse, i.e. gravel making my child sized seat not fun at all. The first stop is ...

Phew - Thanks Tamsin for the first part of the journey... following all that polava, we climbed into the jeep to set off for our next destination - Shegar. Obviously Tamsin or I had to sit between The Idiot and The Frenchman to keep the peace, but it wasn't too much of a problem. We continued through the barren scenery of the Tibetan Plateau for...

This piece of my trip deserves its own entry because the landscape was simply stunning. We did a trek up to Everest Base Camp through the Qomolangma Nature Preserve (home of Mt. Everest, Mt. Cho Oyu and other 7000+ meter peaks.) Being at base camp was inspiring - April and May are the best months to reach the summit and most expeditions take pla...

I slept really well last night compared to the past few. But I woke up quick when I felt how cold it was out. It was about 30 degrees at base camp, but it was definetely the best view I have ever woken up to. We had some more porridge for breakfast and tried my hardest to pack everything up with fingers that I had no feeling left in them. The hi...