On the Roof of the World (Seven Days in Tibet)
January 18th 2008 (Catherine)
Before we left home, we booked a seven-day tour from Kathmandu to Lhasa travelling along the Friendship Highway - apparently one of the most interesting overland journeys in the world. Although parts of Tibet are now open to tourists it's still a bit tricky to get in - you need a visa and two different types of permits and you can't get in from Nepal without being part of a group, a
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