Namtso and our travels on the Friendship Highway
July 20th 2009 Mon 20 July - After zaofan (breakfast) we and our kit left Lhasa in a 4X4 Toyota land cruiser heading north-east bound for Namtso Lake, the highest freshwater lake. 2-3 hours of bumpy roads but great scenery later we entered the Namtso area (80¥ pp) and then started to gain real height. After an hour of climbing and winding and using the full potential of the gearbox (only 4 speed sadly) we stopp
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