Had to do one more blog entry before leaving Lhasa. Tonight we had the traditional Tibetan dinner complete with local singing and dancing. Followed by several drinks in the “Travellers Bar”. Our little group joined up with the Norwegian all-woman…
Spent the morning visiting the Drepung Monastery about 10kms from Lhasa. Very interesting as the monks were in session and doing a huge amount of praying. In the afternoon half the team (including me) headed up the local hill. Just to stretch…
Spent the afternoon visiting another monastry. The most exciting part was watching the young monks battle it out with the older monks in the open debating. Very animated indeed.
Just spent the morning visiting the Potala Palace. Basically the Palace was built in the 7th Century and extended in the 17th Century by the 5th Dalai Lama. The place is huge with rooms upon rooms of Buddha’s and other…
You heard it right. In Lhasa with all my bags. This is a very good thing. Lhasa is the official start of the trip, so now we are in the capable hands of our Guides. Tonight we are all taking…
Well, me and my bags made it safely to Beijing. Spent the day doing the tourist thing, first up was a stiff hike along the Great Wall of China then shopping in a Jade Museum and lunching in a shop. In the…
As most of you know, we are travelling again soon.Stephen is leaving on August 25th and will travel through China and Tibet en route to climb Cho Oyu.Caroline is leaving two weeks later and will travel through China, Tibet and…
For those of you who don’t know what Cho-Oyu is: it’s a 26,906ft/8,201m) mountain in Tibet and Stephen has just reserved a space with Alpine Ascents on their 2007 Expedition. The dates for the Expedition are August 25 till October…
