Cool Yak hotel...

This is our hotel in Lhasa, the Cool Yak..it is a one star hotel but was perfect for us. They served a delicious breakfast, burned incense 24/7, offered internet for a very small fee per minute, were very friendly, and although the shower flooded the bathroom, we were very comfortable here...

Sparkling skies, labored breaths...

August 3rd 2009
Hello from the rooftop of the world! We landed here in Lhasa about 4:35pm, taking pictures of the changing landscape the whole way in, flying over brown tundra, snow-capped mountains, green hills with green and yellow-colored waters running through them. The lakes and rivers are lime green and yellow here...beautifully surreal. The weather is warm, low 70's right now, and the first thing you notic ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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