The
First Few Days in LAHSA
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YAK HOTEL |
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The first few days of rest in Yak was really great and it
gave our trip in Tibet a wonderful 'opening'. After resting for about
5 days, we had more or less overcome the symptoms of AMS, and were ready
to set off for our 4D/3N excursion out of Lahsa on our rented land rover.
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YAMDROK
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A few hours drive out of Lahsa, we reached our first destination of our
4 days trip out of Lahsa, the city area on our rented 4WD----Yamdrok Lake.
This is one of the four holy lakes in Tibet. It was said that if you walk
along the long lake, you will probably take 3 days to finish walking.
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Along
the way to Gyantse & Shigaste |
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GYANTSE
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This
is our 2nd destination for the trip. Stayed only half a day here, but
find it quite boring...or maybe we were too lazy to explore??
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Shigaste & Tashilhunpo
Monastery |
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ON THE WAY TO
DAM XIONG...
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We had our worst accommodation here as we arrived very
late at the town. So all the rooms were full, and we had to settle in
a temporary room surrounded by wooden planks. Had quite a terrible time
here. Firstly, the room is weird, and we didn't feel comfortable (not
referring physically or amenities, maybe spooky is the word). Secondly,
shower is not available. Apart from the food we had at a Chinese restaurant
opposite the accommodation, I didn't find here a pleasant stay...But what
I really enjoy here is that night when we brushed our teeth outside our
room with the sky all covered by stars......
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NAMTSO |
Guess this is the page where it has the most pictures. Namsto is such
a place where I couldn't help taking photos; it's simply beautiful. Really
cold over there too and the food is expensive, so warm clothing becomes
an essential especially at night, when it would snow sometimes.
Go explore the area around Namtso, you will come across two monasteries
in some caves like building nearby. We went to one with only a nun in
it. She was very friendly although she couldn't really speak Mandarin
and we had problem communicating. If you have any left over food that
you do not want to bring it back to the city, you can give it to her.
She will be really glad because her life is quite tough there.
Generally, Namsto is really different from the city or town area. Here,
we can really see the other side of Tibetan life which is so simple yet
most Tibetans are satisfied with their life. Seeing them really made me
ponder why wasn't I happy sometimes?? And probably this is also the reason
that I am trying hard to learn to appreciate what I am having now...
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There was this time
when Susien, Xiaoling and I were sitting outside and this group
of natives came and surrounded us, pointing and looking at us
curiously. They were even interested in the mineral water bottle
in our hands which we treat it commonly, and were happy when we
gave it to them. Unfortunately, we do not know Tibetan language
and did not have our phrase book with us, so we could not communicate
with them. But they mean no harm.
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we were in tibet for more than 2 weeks,
took lots of photos and had lots of stories, so there's more coming up...
last modified 28 March 2002
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