Yak Hotel Lhasa Tibet

I'm writing this entry after we left Lhasa. It summaries what we seen, people we met, and our impressions of Lhasa, Tibet. I'll post more pictures with updated descriptions when we get home. Some of the pictures should contain additional information so ...

... modified itinerary. Philip did muster enough strength for an afternoon visit yesterday to the holiest temple in Tibet, Jokhang, located just around the corner from our hotel. It was truly spectacular, but we’ll save those details for our next ...

... mooi, mooi, mooi, Helaas mocht je binnen geen foot's ,maken dus dat blijft een mooie herinnering. ;-) Morgen trekkken we verder Tibet in! weer de hoogte in. Lhasa ligt op ca 38oo m. morgen gaan we nar 4500m. Eens kijken hoe we ons dan voelen ;-) Nog geen ...

... more vegetarian~ seeing the hanging meats outside on the sidewalks with flies buzzing around really puts us off. We left Tibet and I am wrting on the train going from Lhasa to Xian, China. Since it is a 36 hours train ride, we splurged and bought "soft ...

... , and the sky seems a different blue. As a result most of my photos seem to have a huge amount of sky included! Our hotel and the restaurant was right near the Jokhang temple, which houses one of the most important buddha statues in Tibet, and is ...

... 4 or 5 other similar hotels up and down the road, all with the same result. Finally, I located a double room at the Yak Hotel for 280RMB - still expensive for China, but much better than 600RMB. With Manado, it was a gynecological convention. In ...

... rolled around, we rendezvous'ed with Si and Jeff for late afternoon beers listening to music outside the threesome's room at the Yak Hotel. To end the last day we had our proverbial last dinner by performing our nightly ritual of Lhasa beer, world cup ...

... the five main budget hotels in the centre were booked full, though Mika and I managed to get dorm beds at the nice Yak hotel (with a Dutch-run restaurant; good apple cake). My days in Lhasa were spent wandering around the old town, discovering new alleys ...

... had arrived in Lhasa. We had met up with another English couple, Neil and Rachel, and we planned to get a taxi to the Yak hotel together. Things didn't quite go to plan... We were met off the bus by a lovely young man from the Tibet Tourist ...

... the city had 30 million people, the largest by population she claimed. Big by any standards. Now staying in the Yak hotel. Everything is Yak. The meat, the milk and the butter which the people offer as gifts to the monasteries. They pour the hot ...

... was to turn who to be a very very good thing, but more about that later! Five hours later we arrived in Lhasa and checked into the Yak Hotel which was lovely! A nice hot shower and I was feeling human again. We met a Norwegian guy who had entered ...

After the troops assembled in the Yak Hotel lobby, Kelseng Dorje, our Tibetan guide, led us down to the market called the Barkhor. We made our way through a congested alley of rickshaws, fruit vendors, and souvenir stands, and found our way into the main ...

... of action the whole trip! We survived of course. We were met at the train station by our Tibet guide, Ngawang, and taken to the extremely comfortable Yak Hotel, right in the centre of the city and almost spitting distance from the Potala Palace and Jokham ...

This morning we got on a plane for Lhasa at 8:00 in the morning. After a 2:30 hr flight we finally reached Lhasa, Tibet. The expirience has been one to remember. Right off the plane I had a feeling that this would be crazy. Liza and I gathered our ...

... got us involved in an accident when he wasn't looking and tried to pull into another lane. We told him to take us to the Yak hotel, which we were looking forward to staying it since it was the best place to stay in Lhasa, and we needed that after staying ...

... they want to get your attention, and will any way possible. The smell of juniper is ever present as you head to the Yak hotel. The Yak Hotel is on the main street and is a wonderful place to stay. If you have more traditional lodging in mind, try to ...

... got through, though the connection was so bad I could hardly hear what was being said, so I had to give up. Back at the Yak Hotel, we got together another big group and went for dinner and a drink again. Lhasa seems to lack a nightlife, but I guess ...

... were headed back to Lhasa today and I was looking forward to it. We wanted to go early so that we could stay at the Yak hotel again. All along this trip every other car had something go wrong and I thought, thank God nothing happened to us. I assumed ...

... bought a number of very fine Tibetan rugs from her business. We found Kate to be totally professional and honest. She can be contacted on email: tibetcarpet@126.com, or tibetcarpet@hotmail.com Her company address is: no.41, Beijing Mid-road, Lhasa, ...