Tag: High Road to Tibet

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…