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  • World Trip 2018: Day 10 Gyantse to Shegar, Tibet

    Sunday 21 October 2018. Tibet Photos Highlights: Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse Kumbum, Gyatso la pass A cold morning and day at high altitude awaited us as we left our hotel for breakfast at a local restaurant.

  • World Trip 2018: Day 9 Lhasa to Gyantse, Tibet

    Saturday 20 October 2018. Tibet Photos Highlights: Yamdrok Tso Lake, Tibetan Mountains Today was a nine hour private bus ride between Lhasa to Gyantse, a small part of my thought this was just a positioning day but boy was I wrong! I got to experience some of the greatest sights that nature has too offer.

  • World Trip 2018: Day 8 Lhasa, Tibet

    Friday 19 October 2018. Tibet Photos Highlights: Tsamkhung Nunnery, Polata Palace (Dalai Lama’s Winter Palace) An incredibly exhausting but fulfilling day from hearing nuns signing and praying to hiking around the Polata Palace.

  • World Trip 2018: Day 7 Lhasa, Tibet

    Thursday 18 October 2018. Tibet Photos Highlights: Barkhor Square, Jokhang Temple, Debating Monks (Sera Monastery), Polata Palace at Night Last night was a very difficult night to sleep. The altitude is having a very big effect as I woke up every few hours thirsting and with the onset of a headache which never fully come…

  • World Trip 2018: Day 6 Panauti to Lhasa, Tibet

    Wednesday 17 October 2018. Tibet Photos Highlights: Nepal / Tibet Mountains It was an early morning after very little sleep last night on the short hard bed at my homestay. It sometimes amazes me how different things are between the soft West and the rest of the World but I guess I’m a member of…

  • Flight Review – 3U8720 Kathmandu to Lhasa

    Airline: Sichuan Airlines Gate: 3 Seat 24E: (economy middle seat) Plane: A319 Boarded 11.34 (by bus & stairs) Pushback 12.00 Departed: 12.11 (Scheduled 11.30) Arrived: 15.31 (Scheduled 15.10) Duration: 1 hour 05 minutes Distance: 572 kms Travelling with a group as part of the G Adventures High Road to Tibet tour we had an included…

  • World Trip 2018: Day 5 Kathmandu to Panauti, Nepal

    Tuesday 16 October 2018. Nepal Photos. Highlights: Five hour hike, home stay in Panauti, Dance night So it was time to leave Kathmandu and hit the road we had to leave our hotel by 7.15 am in order to get to Sanga for a 11 km 4-5 hour hike around a mountain. The drive saw…

  • World Trip 2018: Day 4 Kathmandu, Nepal

    Monday 15 October 2018. Nepal Photos Highlights: Thamel Market, Durbar Square, Sisterhood of Survivors The entire tour group meet and left the Fuji Hotel to undertake a morning orientation walk of Kathmandu with the focus being the morning fruit and vegetable market in Thamel and visit of Hanuman-dhoka Durban Square.

  • World Trip 2018: Day 3 Kathmandu, Nepal

    Sunday 14 October 2018. Nepal Photos Highlights: Exploring Kathmandu streets, meeting Tour Group Today at 5.30 pm the G Adventure Tour High Road to Tibet began but before that I got a chance to explore a little in unfamiliar surroundings. First I visited the roof of the hotel to get a sense of the location…

  • World Trip 2018: Day 2 Hong Kong to Kathmandu, Nepal

    Saturday 13 October 2018. Photos. Highlights: Cathay First Class Lounges – The Wing, and – The Pier