Blogs from Friendship Highway, Tibet, China, Asia - page 4

Eager to get out of the god forsaken place, we had to pay for the privilege of a cold shower, which was not going to happen. We left at 9am as Pasang said that the road was full of construction and if we left now we would be able to have a half day's free time, in a place that he summed up as a deserted Chinese run town. Oh whoopee. The road was interesting and at times was like what we experienced for the first week of our trip, sheer long drops down to rocky raging rivers with only millimetres space for one car let alone two. About 30kms from Zhangmu we came across the construction work on the road, and this 30km took us over 2 hours to travel, due to trucks in ... read more

12/04/07 The start of our land cruiser trip down the friendship highway from Lhasa to the Nepalese border via Mt Everest! The first two hours was easy going along nice roads up through snowy mountains. Stopped at the peak at 4794m for some photos and a turn at sitting on a yak. The toilets were just the beginning of how bad they were yet to come, with just an open pit behind a small wall in which you were expected to pay for. Drove past Yamdrok Tso lake which was beautiful and past many deserted looking town. The desert looking fields were being plowed by the locals using yaks and donkeys and hand held plowers. Was a step back in time. Stopped in the 'town' of Gyantse in the early evening which was a great little ... read more

Nuori nainen lisaa jakin jatoksia uuniin ja palaa sen jalkeen valmistamaan uuden termoksen jakinvoiteeta matkalaisille. Sama jatoksia kasitellyt kasi kaivaa suolaa amparista ja heittaa kattilaan. Ainakin jos saamme matkallamme vatsataudin, tiedamme mista se tuli... Olemme matkalla Lhasasta Nepalin rajalle Kodariin ja sielta eteenpain Kathmanduun ja edessamme on kuusi kylmaa paivaa nelivedon kyydissa, jonka lammitysjarjestelma toimii, mutta vain jos lampotila ei laske alle nollan. Opaskirjamme kertoo myos, etta useimmissa majapaikoissa matkan varrella ei ole tarjolla suihkua, mika osoittautuu paikallisista huvittavalta... Kun on talvi, niin kuka edes haluaisi kayda suihkussa?! Hyva kysymys sinansa, mutta kun viidennen paivan aamu valkenee, niin ajatus puhtaista vaatteista, tai noiden likaisten vaatteiden riisuminen edes yoksi, alkaa olla paratiisimaisen houkutteleva ajatus. Loysimm... read more

url='/Videos/2630.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2630.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Off road in Tibet - gripped!url='/Videos/2631.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2631.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Off road in Tibet We walked the 8 km to EBC the next day after a cozy night in our -12 c sleeping bags (best purchase ever made). I should say that we crawled and the diarrohea kicking in didn't help our progress. After nearly 3 hours we reached the base camp which is a barren, rock strewn, god forsaken place and why any sane person would want to go any further up that mountain beats me. Anyway, there were no tents or climbers as it was too late in the year and too cold, so we took a few photos and managed to bum a lift back to Rongbuk (our driver had refused to carry us as it wasn't in the contract!). Eventually, our driver had ... read more

Forgotten Tibet - Sakya Asia » China » Tibet » Friendship Highway By SteviecOctober 29th 2006Stephen CarrollWe hit the road again, with the stomach still a bit iffy, but we had spent 2 nights in Shigatse and we only had 5 left to get to the border. The village of Sakya is a bit off the Friendship Highway and feels like some forgotten and barren place. Still the people were curious and friendly and our day there was spent climbing up to the monastery and telling the local kids that we had no money for them. Agnes was attacked by a swarm of them who took her tissues! ... read more