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Tibetan ladies on the street

They make for a good photo but they always ask for money afterwards...and I comply.


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Blog: Two Weeks in Tibet
Date: August 3rd 2005

It has been a while since my last post as I have been traveling across Tibet via 4x4 with no access to the net. After a cool couple of days back in Chengdu, I hopped on a flight to Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. On the flight, I met two English blokes (Oliver Tayler....aka OLLIE; Dominic...aka Junior). It took us a few days to get used to the altitude of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet (at 3500 ... read more


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