Drive from Lhasa to Shigatse - Tibet Day 3


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May 18th 2010
Published: May 18th 2010
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What a day! Early morning wake up and checkout, and on the road at 8am from Lhasa to Shigatse. It was around a 7 hour trip, and an amazing one at that. I wanted to sleep at some times, but I was so afraid I would miss something if I did! Between the villages, streams, farmers working their fields, and the yak and sheep dotted hills and mountains, it was quite the scenic ride 😊 I felt a bi... Read Full Entry



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markings of a holy mountainmarkings of a holy mountain
markings of a holy mountain

the markings i think are feathers, and mark a mountain as holy, so it cannot be mined.



13th August 2016

How interesting, loved your descriptive writing and pictures! Wish I was younger! I was in Tibet several years ago, thought I would have loved to be able to drive over into India.

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