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April 13, 2005
A Village In The Middle Of Nowhere
Was this what I was looking for? I takes a whole day to travel from Zhangmu to Shigatse. After approximately five thousand potholes and eight hours on the truck my head was killing me. I gave up eating headache pills hours ago. My body was so not used to the altitude and I had serious doubts about this trip. The trucks don't stop for more then ten minutes so even eating was totally out of question. It turned out that while I was seeking cover on the truck we passed Mount Everest. There is a section of the Friendship Highway, where you can see the mother of all mountains, sort of relaxing at the horizon. Never mind, the weather was bad anyway.
Comments
Looks like a great trip. I was there last October!! Is it your first trip up there?
What an eye opener of a place. If/when you get to Lhasa, try and stay at the Pentoc (Not far from the Yak Hotel - side road down to where the buses pick up pilgrims outside the Jokhang.
Awesome place. So may beautiful lifetime memories in my head.
Thanks for the pics!
Posted by: Troy White at April 14, 2005 06:36 AM