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MattyV - Matt Vicars | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=225898] | 2007-12-07 12:27:48
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A day in transit I had a bit of a sleep in this morning which was great, I think I need to catch up on some sleep after all those late nights drinking in Beijing. So I headed out got some breakfast and packed up and headed towards the long distance bus station for my bus to Xining. To refresh your memory I was heading to Xining to maximise my chances of getting a permit to Tibet (and as I said yesterday, I know that many travellers have made it to Lhasa and back without one, and that it is a [View Full Entry]
On our last day in Tibet we visited the family of our guide in their small village between Lhasa and Shigatse. The village was shielded from the road by a high embankment and consisted of about thirty families. The small traditional houses were without running water or indoor plumbing. Our guide showed us the (very public) place outdoors designated for bathing. Though there was a small manmade channel running in back of the houses for irrigation, we were told for drinking, bathing, and other purposes water was carried up from the river in buckets. The river ran far be [View Full Entry]
but_home_is_nowhere - Hannah | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 12 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=272051] | 2008-05-07 18:36:58