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Travel in Tibet

Travel in Tibet can be annoying, too, because many roads remain unpaved.
For those interested in Tibetan Buddhism or Tibetan history, visiting the ancient Tibetan monasteries are famous, such as Ganden and Tashilhunpo is a real treat. Field along the road from the border with Nepal to the Tibetan capital mostly dry and dusty, but damaged by the rushing river views from the towering ice-blue and the splendor of Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks covered with snow.
In the capital, Lhasa, a jewel in the crown “is the purpose of visit to the Potala, the Dalai Lama’s winter palace. ‘Current Dalai Lama has spent much of early childhood there, and is easy to imagine him wandering a dark hallway or a small silk sleeping in bed in his personal space.
After staying for a week in Lhasa, visit the surrounding monasteries and holy Yamdrok turquoise lake, I returned to the border with Nepal. Arriving in the city Lhatse – back half way – I find that there is no border scheduled bus again! It was not too disappointed with this, I checked into a local hotel and ask about travel around choice.
I was told that sometimes the tourists to Lhasa bus drove past empty. The next day a waiter in a local restaurant to help me record a passing bus and helped me negotiate the price to the border. In the end my personal my bus to the border with Nepal – certainly an unforgettable experience along the journey of all