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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 was a short overnight flight. Prior to this flight I used the Kathmandu Radisson Executive Lounge (review here).
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)
When visited: October 2018
Time of day: Evening (20.40 to 22.25)
Rating: 3.5 / 5
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 with some of my Tibet tour mates.
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.
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 tour we had an included return flights between Kathmandu (Nepal) and Lhasa (Tibet). The first leg was in economy (trip report here).
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.
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.
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 I eventually removed my jeans but otherwise slept with the some layers from yesterday.
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.
