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We were met by our two 4WD drivers Tashi and Robu at the hotel this morning, and headed off Gyantse. The 6 of us split into 2 cars or 2 and 4, with our guide sharing the car with the smaller party. Following the Kyi Chu (Lhasa River) to Tsangpo, then ascend to Khampa La (15700'). This took more about 1 hour, then we were looking down at the turquoise water of Yamdrok Lake. It was really pretty. There were many locals with big Tibetan dogs, wearing a fur collar, posing for photos (for a small ...

6/19/07New Video - the gorgeous landscapes of Gyantse, Tibet - scroll to the bottom of the photos to view...Today we left Lhasa and followed the course of the river up to the bridge crossing the Tsangpo River, reputed to be the highest river in the world. There we briefly stopped at a prayer flag strewn rock formation overlooking the river that is one of the many Sky Burial sites that I mentioned yesterday. Bizarrely enough, there was a vendor there selling Tibetan trinkets and a woman trying...

A journey through Tibet we made in 2006.

We ask Dong Dzu if the highways are a good thing for Tibet. He reckons it is a very good thing but not really for the local people in the small villages as they are used to dirt roads. They use the highway just as any other dirt road meaning they will chit chat on it or just walk on it, this has led to a decreasing number of locals in the small villages due to fatal car accidents. The monestary in Gyantse is huge but after seeing so many of them you get monestary tireness so we call it quits...

Rondreis in China & Tibet

De reis van 2008. Van het gesloten Noord-Korea naar China (inclusief eclips), Tibet en Nepal!

Kathmandu - Khokana - Bungmati - Panauti - Dhulikhel - Nargarkot - Bhaktapur - Kathmandu - Lhasa (Barkhor & Jokhang, Drepung & Nechung, Norbulingka & Potala, Ganden & Sera) - Yumbalagang - Samye - Chim-Puk - Gyantse - Shigatse - Sakya - Tashi Dzom - Mt. Everest Basecamp - Nyalam - Kathmandu - Patan - Kathmandu. Full travel journal & pictures: http://www.edsander.com/travel/nepaltibet/

Round trip in China, including a week in Tibet. City's visited: Beijing, Xian, Lhasa, Shigatse, Gyantse, Chengdu, Lijiang, Dali, Kunming, Yangshuo, Hong Kong.