Category: Travel
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Airline: Cathay Dragon Gate: 5 Seat 11D: (business aisle) Plane: A330-300 Boarded 22.50 (scheduled 22.30) Pushback 23.13 Departed: 23.21 (Scheduled 23.10) Note: Time Change plus 2 hour 15 minutes Arrived: 05.39 (Scheduled 05.50) Duration: 4 hour 3 minutes Distance: 2,937 kms The return flight from the earlier Hong Kong to Kathmandu flight (review here) this…
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Tour Title: High Road to Tibet Tour Company: G Adventures Tour Leader: Gelu Sherpa Cities Visited: Kathmandu, Panauti, Lhasa, Gyantse, Shegar, Rombuk, Shigatse Countries Visited: Nepal and Tibet Dates: 14 October 2018 to 27 October 2018 Duration: 14 days Tour Type: Classic Tour Itinerary (PDF)
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When visited: October 2018 Time of day: Evening (20.40 to 22.25) Rating: 3.5 / 5
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Saturday 27 October 2018. Nepal Photos. Highlights: The Great Boudha Stupa, Pashupatinath Temple, Kumari Devi (Living Goddess), Patan Patan Durbar Square While the High Road to Tibet tour was over my tour wasn’t which meant a day tour around Kathmandu. Today I got to explore significant places of both the Buddhist and Hindu religious sites…
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Friday 26 October 2018. Nepal Photos. Highlights: Flight Upgrade, Final Group Dinner The antibiotics were obviously taking some effect as the swelling on my face was slowly receding which was very good news.
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Airline: Sichuan Airlines Gate: 1 Seat 2C: (business aisle) Plane: A319 Boarded 11.37 (scheduled 10.30) Pushback 11.59 Departed: 12.26 (Scheduled 11.10) Note: Time Change minus 2 hour 15 minutes Arrived: 11.44 (Scheduled 10.30) Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes Distance: 572 kms Travelling with a group as part of the G Adventures High Road to Tibet…
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Thursday 25 October 2018. Tibet Photos. Highlights: Train to Lhasa, bargaining for souvenirs (but not very well) The day was dominated by severe swelling in my face. Yesterday afternoon my face swelled up like a ballon on the left side which today started expanding to front as well.
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Wednesday 24 October 2018. Tibet Photos Highlights: Tashilunpo Monastery, Shigatse Bazaar Today was the last Tibetan Monastery visit of the tour and it was to the fifth largest in Tibet – the Tashilunpo Monastery.
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Tuesday 23 October 2018. Tibet Photos Highlights: Mount Everest in the morning, Stunning landscape. We it turns out trying to sleep above 5,000 metres is no easy task. During the night I consistently woke up requiring water as the air is so dry at this altitude. When the electric blanket kicked in at 1 am…
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Monday 22 October 2018. Tibet Photos Highlights: Mount Everest, Everest Base Camp (Tibetan side), the landscape. Today was the highlight of the entire trip a chance to see the mighty Mount Everest up close.
