Nature in Tibet!!

A pleasant surprise was a complete circular rainbow above Potala Palace, even when it did not rain that day! I don’t know how that rainbow appeared, but it sure is beautiful ^_^

What else to see, but lots of mountains, lakes, valleys, blue skies, green pastures!

Mountain with many stripes. COlorful mountains were labelled as "artists' palette" in death valley, as a tourist attraction. Here, in tibet, you see it everywhere.

Of course, the main highlight of the trip.. was Everest!!

Us at Everest Base Camp (EBC), day1. Freezing cold, wind very strong, and everest (right behind me) is hidden behind heavy clouds. The tent that we slept in. Brrr..

Warming up inside the tent

Tent is kept warm in the day by burning yak dung (amazingly, it doesn't smell! Really! i had my dinner sitting right next to it! And pat even BBQ-ed his bun using the smoke from yak dung! >.<)

Everest early in the morning.

Everest at sunset

Everest after sunset

Everest at night

Reflection of Everest on a lake in the morning

Me with everest

Taking the horse carriage further up Mount Everest

At everest base camp (the old one, 5200m above sea level)

Attempting jumping shots at everest (even when we were advised not to have physical exertion due to lack of oxygen!) Diamox rules~ (medication that saved me from any form of altitude sickness! ^_^)
Utterly tired after 10 jumping shots. There is definitely less oxygen up there, despite me taking Diamox religiously

And of course, tones of videos on everest!!

Windy windy windy at everest base camp



Walking towards everest on day1 when everest was still blocked by the clouds

News reporting the sighting of Sunset everest



Taking the horse carriage up to the Old EBC early in the morning at 7am



Screaming (and fainting from lack of oxygen) at summit of EBC (Everest Base Camp)

View of everest from the horse carriage in the morning