Tashilhumpu Monastery (14)

Seven nights in Tibet!!!

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February 13th 2011
At 5.30am our trip to Tibet started… We were picked up in a little minivan to get from Kathmandu to the border. In total 7people (4 French, 1 Slovakian and us). All really quiet cause we didn’t know each other and it was to early… After breakfast we knew our group would grow to a total of 13 persons at the border. The drive to the border was pretty interesting....big cliffs and a dirt road, ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet » Lhasa

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more