Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 4)

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 4)

Friendship Highway Day 4An 800 km Scenic Route Traversing The Tibetan Plateau, a.k.a. The Roof of the World Day 4 || March 3, 2008 Location || Kathmandu, Nepal () Altitude || 1,337 metres (4,400 ft) Day 4 Hours Driving || 10 Day 4 Highs ||The Lalung La Pass & our...
Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 3)

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 3)

Recapping a 4-day trip on the Friendship Highway, the 800 km scenic route traversing the Himalayas connecting Lhasa, Tibet, to the border with Nepal.

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 2)

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 2)

Friendship Highway Day 2An 800 km Scenic Route Traversing The Tibetan Plateau, a.k.a. The Roof of the World Day 2 || March 1, 2008 Location || Shigatse, Tibet () Altitude || 3,892 metres (12,845 ft) Day 2 Hours Driving || 1 Day 2 Highs || The view from Gyantse Fort...
Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 1)

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 1)

Recapping a 4-day trip on the Friendship Highway, the 800 km scenic route traversing the Himalayas connecting Lhasa, Tibet, to the border with Nepal.

Lhasa, Tibet

Lhasa, Tibet

The Roof of the World. We’re seeing that slogan a lot since we got here to Lhasa, Tibet, off the Qinghai–Tibet Railway. That was Sunday evening. It’s now Tuesday morning and yesterday was our first full day of acclimatising and taking in the sights and...
Qinghai–Tibet Railway, Tibetan Plateau || Riding The Rails

Qinghai–Tibet Railway, Tibetan Plateau || Riding The Rails

We made it out of Xi’an as planned, made it onto the train for Lhasa, Tibet, as planned, and all without needing (yet) to produce the permits we acquired in Xi’an to enable us to undertake this trip legally. We left Xi’an yesterday, Saturday, morning...

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