Kathmandu to Lhasa
September 10th 2006 Today was a long travel day on a tough, unsealed road. Our first stop on the Tibetan plateau was at Lalung La pass (5200m), where we had some spectacular views of the Himalayan range & Shisabangma, the highest peak in Tibet. We stopped for a very average lunch in Lao Tingri & afterwards some of the group took a walk to view Mt Everest from a local lookout. Monika, Betsy & I found a little shop & p
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