| Lhasa to Mt. Everest Basecamp, Tibet | ||||||
| April 27 - May 6, 2006 | ||||||
The original plan was to go from Lhasa, to Everest Basecamp and ended at Kathmandu, Nepal, then back to Shanghai. However, because of the political instability in Nepal, we were unable to make it to Kathmandu. We stayed in Lhasa for 2 and half days, touring Potala Palace, Drepung Monastery, and we had a lot of free time to explore Lhasa by ourselves. I walked through a lot of local markets seeing people's daily lives. We also visited a local Tibetan family. We started our road trip on the 3rd day with 4 Toyota Landcruisers. One thing I needed to say was that one in every 4 cars in Tibet is a Toyota Landcruiser. We went through the town of Gyantse and saw Baiju Temple. We then moved on to the town of Shigatse (2nd largest city in Tibet). We visited Zhashenlunbu Monastery, one of the most-destroyed monasteries during cultural revolution in the 1960s. From Shigatse, we went to the town of Tingri before reaching Rongpuk Monastery (10km ffrom the Everest Basecamp). We rode the horses to the Everest Basecamp at the elevation of 5300m. Ah....almost forgot to say that one of our 4 Landcruisers got an accident. It was actually scary and funny. After reaching the Basecamp, we left back to Shigatse. We then split to 2 groups, one went directly to Lhasa, and the other went to Lake Namtso. |
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Map: Map of Tibet Map of Lhasa (in Chinese) Map of my Travel Route Resource(s): http://www.tibet-tour.com/ My Trip Plan |
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Slide Show - Lhasa, Tibet
Slide Show - Gyantse & Shigatse, Tibet
Slide Show - Tingri, Rongpuk & Everest Basecamp, Tibet
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