Blog Entries tagged 'lhasa'
Travel Blogs Entries tagged 'lhasa'
- Tibet to NepalOctober 1st Lhasa, Tibet Our last day in Tibet. After breakfast we retrieved our passports and the minibus collected us for our drive to the airport. As we left Lhasa, the driver (Tashi Delek) said he’d take us over the river Posted by PetersF in Himalayas Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet | Jun 13, 2021
- Lhasa Potala and JokhangSeptember 30th Lhasa, Tibet After an interesting breakfast (very much a Chinese/ Tibetan one) consisting of, for us, the Tibetan version of porridge, we took our meds (mainly diamox) and set off for the morning tour of the Potala Palace. Our Posted by PetersF in Himalayas Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet | Jun 13, 2021
- Tibet: Lhasa monasteriesSeptember 29th Lhasa, Tibet After breakfast we were collected to drive through Lhasa to Drepung Monastery, our first port of call. This was going to be the highest we would walk to, as the colleges of Drepung are at 4000m. [u]Monasteries in Posted by PetersF in Himalayas Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet | Jun 13, 2021
- Arrival in LhasaSeptember 28th Lhasa, Tibet Having been given our visas and VERY strict instructions not to lose it, along with our “spending money” for the guide, w Posted by PetersF in Himalayas Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet | Jun 13, 2021
- The 'Roof of the World'Like everywhere in China, Lhasa has undergone dramatic growth in the last ten years. The time when you could once see the Dalai Lama's famous Potala Palace from anywhere in town has gone, yet there are patches where it still Posted by 2kiwisontour in The Old Goats - 2 Kiwis on Tour | Jul 29, 2017
- In pursuit of the perfect Potala Palace pictureLhasa takes your breath away, quite literally as we discovered when we stepped off the plane at 3,700m. Canisters of oxygen were provided in our airport transfer car and next to the minibar in the hotel room, but being experienced Posted by Chris Parsons in Parsons on Tour | Aug 12, 2013
- TibetSo now I'm in Shanghai and finally have internet! Here's what I did while in Tibet. Day 1: We left Xi'an and took an approximately three hour plane ride to Lhasa, Tibet. During the flight, we flew over a bunch of Posted by ruixueinchina in China and Tibet 2013 | Jun 4, 2013
- Twelve Days in TibetOn day ten of our 12 days in Tibet, we saw him. His image hung where the ceiling beam met the wooden pillar. We were sitting in a small house, in a small village outside of Lhasa, where Posted by Lis.L in Let's Go Get Lost | Feb 20, 2012
- Insert Toilet Joke Here Ahh, one of the good toilets in Shegar, Tibet: clean ceramic, proper flush, electric light, garbage can, locking door. One of the things my loved ones back home ask me about in our Posted by Lis.L in Let's Go Get Lost | Feb 17, 2012
- Reflections on Tibet whilst in Lhasa, Tibet As one gets older the 11 hour jet-lags seem to linger longer than in the past. So at 4:00 Am today I decided to share my thoughts a Posted by Ramdas Iyer in Ramdas Iyer's- World Traveller Blogs | Jun 27, 2011
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