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TRAVEL BLOG AND ITINERARY
a travel blog
General Location: Asia Author: Jennie and David
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In late June 2006 I set out a group of nine fellow Australians to Kathmandu. From there we flew to Lhasa in Tibet and after four days of sightseeing there, we began the 1200 km drive back across the dry Tibetan High Plateau passing Chomolangma (Mt Everest) and back to Kathmandu.
| Trip Itinerary (Travel Blog Entries) | |||
1 |
Kathmandu | Jun 24 '06 | Kathmandu - Capital of Ancient Himalayan Kindom
"There were shrines, butter lamps, incense, bells and later some monks dressed in maroon robes" |
2 |
Lhasa | Jun 27 '06 | Lhasa - not as it once was - unfortunately
"Of monks, butter lamps and momos" |
3 |
Gyangtse | Jul 01 '06 | The Tibetan High Plateau from Lhasa to Gyantse
"...looking down into valleys that sheltered small settlements of yak wool tents, home to the high country yak herders" |
4 |
Shigatse | Jul 02 '06 | Gyantse to Shigatse
"Palkor Chode Monastery is surrounded by a long red earth wall that snakes its way across the hillside rather like a mini version of the Great Wall of China." |
5 |
Lhatse | Jul 03 '06 | Shigatse to Lhatse
"The Maitreya Chapel with its 86ft high sitting Buddha that's decorated in gold, copper, pearl, amber, coral, diamond and other precious stones although sadly many of these have been stolen." |
6 |
Tingri | Jul 04 '06 | Lhatse to Tingri (Dhingri) incl. side trip to Everest Base Camp, Tibet
"Chomolangma, the Tibetan name for Mt Everest means 'Mother Goddess of the Universe'" |
7 |
Kodari | Jul 06 '06 | Dhingri to Kodari on Nepalese border
"Then came the absolutely worst part of the entire trip..." |
8 |
Canberra | Jul 07 '06 | Time to go home
"Will I go back one day? Hopefully, yes, to Nepal but probably not to Tibet, - it has changed too much." |
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