(Mi Lan Café)

Someone knocked at my door when I packed my  lugguage in the room. Lim asked me whether I      wanted to go to Holiday Inn, a former 3-star of      Lahsa hotel and the best hotel in Lhasa as well with      them. We went for the inspection, and somebody     would like to have a drink at a pub or café, and we      found ' Mi Lan Café ' in the town. Looking outside      of the window, it was still raining, but we had a lot      of fun there and enjoyed playing psychological      games until 2a.m.

As Stanley reminded us this morning, the toughest journey we had already experienced, and the
coming journey would be much easier. However, there were still 2 places which were over above
5000m above the sea level, so the tour leader still advised us not to be careless and got the
 ' Mountains Sickness ' in the last few days. Furthermore, Pa San told us, a part of ' Qingzang
Road’ was under reconstruction, and from Lhasa to north, we had to use a part of the village road
to Naqu. The road was uncomfortable, but we could see a lot of things, such as, green grass
scenery, snowy mountains, sheep, cows, and nomads on the way. We were really lucky having a
very good opportunity to visit a Tibetan nomadic tent and to understand more of their lifestyle.

Eventhough their life was simple, their faces told us         that they were full of happiness.         Another half way to Naqu, we were still travelling           using the village road. In some parts of the road, they         were not proper roads, and our driver had to look out          for direction and drive very carefully. We passed over            never ending nice landscape of snowy mountains,         and a few members really enjoyed taking photos.

(Tibetan Nomadic Tent)

( SnowyMountain & Nomadic Tents )

Suddenly, our bus was slowing down, and the driver      stopped the bus near a village. The tour leader informed     us that there was something wrong with our bus and it      needed repairing immediately. We took this opportunity      to look around, and a few Tibetan children ran over from    the other side of the field. They were really cute, and they   were not like the children from towns who always asked money from tourists. They were so curious to look at us,  and they could not speak Chinese, but they were friendly   and willing to take picture with us. Before we left, we  gave some sweets, chocolates, and money to them.  We reached a green meadow, and we had our  ready - packed lunch on the green land.  The atmosphere was so nice, and we really enjoyed our lunch picnic although the meal was simple. Our driver, finally led us to Qing- zand Road '. It was a more comfortable road leading to

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