Lhasa to Shigatse to Tingri - Journey towards Everest

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September 6th 2010

Published: September 17th 2010

9/6/2010 Monday - Today we left Lhasa and started our journey towards Mt. Everest base camp. The first part of the drive was through some villages in a valley and then we really started to get into some mountains on the Kambala pass. The scenery was majestic and at the top which was 15,728 ft. above sea level was a view of the Yamzhog Yumco River. The English translation is “Jasper Lake”. ... Read Full Entry

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Jason & Carrie Stone

TravelingStones

When we set up our blog in 2009, we called it the Traveling Stones not knowing how true that would be. We expected to spend two years in China with Jason’s job and then find our way back home. Our stay lasted almost four years and then we found ourselves relocating from MA to NJ. Asia was a wonderful area of the world to live in and travel in and we will continue to post blogs and pictures of the things we are seeing and doing in our future travels. ... full info

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