http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Tibet , Zhigatse en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:13:27 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:13:27 +0000 03DEC2007I survived the night even though it's 3degC in the room in the morning. I brush my teeth with leftover tea from last night because it's clean though I do have to spit out quite a bit of leaves. Breakfast consists of a runny egg sandwich certainly not the best. I unknowingly leave my favorite flip flops of all time in the room because I certainly did not pack them. It's only a sh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-229708.html Shigatse well namednbspAsia raquonbspChina raquonbspTibet raquonbspZhigatse By SteviecOctober 27th 2006Stephen Carroll Before arriving at our first overnight stay my stomach started to feel a bit iffy and by the time we got to our 4 person bedroom I was running to the gents down the hall. What followed was 12 hours with fever chills headache and every ten minutes running down to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-144698.html Originally the itinerary had us staying in Gyantse tonight doing a long drive to Lhasa via Yamdrok Tso Karo La tomorrow however due to road works we are now staying in Shigatse an extra night taking the short route to Lhasa in the morning. There has been a lot of controversy over this change as some group members have heard from other travellers that it is possible to get through the long http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-89221.html I felt much better this morning managing to eat most of my breakfast except for the drowned in oil pitiful excuse for an omelet. The sweet Tibetan bread was very nice I was thanking God for the Vegemite because it would have been pretty plain without it. After a shorter drive on a much better road than yesterdays we arrived in Tibet's second largest city Shigatse. I sat in the very back of t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-89220.html All will be explainedAnd you may note that the keys stick more over here than at home and that is the sole reason for poor spelling.......Well last time we spoke I was off on my travels to the border. Now to any normal country that would include showing your passport and getting a stamp with the group visa. Hmm not only are these people the owners of the filthiest toilets ever imaginable sqa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-78937.html Day two was another stunning drive through the Tibetan desert past tiny whitebrick villages and fields full of yaks all dressed up and ribboned in the sun pretty cool. Arriving in Shigatse we had some Tibetan food at last for lunch it was ok then set off to explore the Tashilhunpo Monastery one of the most important in Tibet.Set against the hillside and with golden rooves it is a pretty im http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-58998.html I took a 4 hour trip to Shingatse the second largest city in Tibet on a public bus. Angie a great gal from Canada was my travel buddy.What a journey The passengers were dirty spitted all the time Chinese men smoked like crazy. It was not pleasant particullarly since I wasn't feeling well. The bus stopped a couple of times and most people got out of the bus to urinate al fresco right t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-52375.html From the lap of luxury in Kathmandu back to rugged roads of Tibet. In just a few hours the ride to the Nepal border at Kodari took us out of the smog past a series of check posts and up to terraced fields of the Himalayan foothills. Delayed by four hours at the border due to irregularities in our group permit my colleagues and I reach Tingri after nightfall in a deluxe landcruiser supplied by http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-43043.html Hey DudesThis is not a travel blog nor am I in Tibet... but I have created this page as I have uploaded most of my travel photos and anyone interested in seeing photos see below 1For South Africa Australia and New Zealand2 For USA Fiji some Nimbin Australia The Blue Mountains Australia and my chosen Favourite photosI highly recommend links below as these are the most awesome ones from http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-41610.html There was a famous Tibetan festival going at the time we were in Lhasa and we of course could not miss this opportunity. Since it was called Tashilunpo Thangka Festival and Zhigatse the town where the Tashilunpo Monastery is situated is not extremely far from Lhasa we decided to check out of our hotel and spend some time there. This festival is explained as follows the huge appliqu thangkas http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zhigatse/blog-13909.html