Xigaze, China

After saying goodbye to Sweet Innocent Killer ("thanks for the amazing albeit challenging time.") and running a few errands, I headed towards Gyantse, first taking a minibus to Shigatse. The three Tibetans around me sang off-key to songs playing on ...

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Our illegally hired jeep snaked its way through the very roughly dug out road. Actually, it wasn't a road. A track or bumpy lane better describes it. Derek, Brendan, Myself, Gary and Helen - don't know the name of the driver so his adopted name was ' ...

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Day 4 Gyantse Due to some poor planning we ended up having a rest day in Gyantse. This was not all bad as we could use the rest and because Gyantse is probably one of the best towns in Tibet. Almost all of the architecture is Tibetan (not Chinese) and ...

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Continuing on our way west towards the Himalayas, we climb ever higher into the world's highest mountain range. We are now used to the bump and jostling of the 4x4's and mostly think this is a pretty fun way to travel. We are delighted by the weather, ...

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