Heading West, Tibet: Photos 21 to 30

Hi,
The day finally arrived. The permits for going to western Tibet were issued. My group included a couple from Spain that were really cool, fun to talk to, like photography, etc. and a strange Italian man, a 66 years old single guy, that speaks only a little English and hates everything about life.
We made some final arrangements and bought some goodies in Lhasa for the way, and hit the road in our old Land Cruiser driven by a Tibetan who doesn't speak English. Being the one traveling the longest in China I was in charge of communication with the driver, mainly setting up the departure times and checking how long it should take to reach the next town...
The first few hours were on paved road. We climbed up a high pass called Kamba La, at 4794m, where another one of Tibet's holy lakes came into view. Yamdrok Tso, at 4488m, is a strange looking lake, scorpion like shaped, with nice colored water. The Chinese government decided to use the natural high body of water for producing electricity, even though the lake has no regular source of water going into it. That means that the lake will dry in

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as usual, amazing pictures with a wonderous tale.

Hi I was in Tibet and I also did the kora just about a week or two after you. Which kora does this picture reprsent, is this the one in Shigatse? I did the exact kora, staying in the exact places as yourself but I didn't actually see this at Kailash, I did see something similar in Shigatse. I also see you managed to go down to Gauri Kund, wonderful!! Unfortunately, by the time I got over the pass, it was getting quite late, so we didn't dare risk going down and coming up again, not with the impending walk to the monastery!! I am hoping to go back in 2012, year of the horse which means I can do just one normal kora an then the inner one. I must do th einnner kora!! Isn't Tibet one of the world's true wonders? Sadly though, this is prpobably on e of the very few, if not the only place on earth where people are so contented, happy and sincere, but they Chinese are determined to ruin this awsone place and these wonderful people!!

as usual, amazing pictures with a wonderous tale.

Hi I was in Tibet and I also did the kora just about a week or two after you. Which kora does this picture reprsent, is this the one in Shigatse? I did the exact kora, staying in the exact places as yourself but I didn't actually see this at Kailash, I did see something similar in Shigatse. I also see you managed to go down to Gauri Kund, wonderful!! Unfortunately, by the time I got over the pass, it was getting quite late, so we didn't dare risk going down and coming up again, not with the impending walk to the monastery!! I am hoping to go back in 2012, year of the horse which means I can do just one normal kora an then the inner one. I must do th einnner kora!! Isn't Tibet one of the world's true wonders? Sadly though, this is prpobably on e of the very few, if not the only place on earth where people are so contented, happy and sincere, but they Chinese are determined to ruin this awsone place and these wonderful people!!