Touristy side of Tibet

Shall blog on the more touristy stuff on Tibet, before I blog on the cultural stuff, and finally the NATURE stuff of Tibet!! ^_^ Spent an entire afternoon uploading and going thru all my everest photos and videos. So happy. Hee.

--48 hour train ride from Shanghai to Lhasa, Tibet—

6 bed per cluster.

Ultra claustrophobic place. Cannot even sit straight!

But the view was nice. Saw many mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, etcetc.. instant geography lessons! The many snow capped mountains made me confused about whether it was summer or winter then. >.< (it’s summer, of course)

--Nice hotel in Lhasa--

Very excited upon seeing the huge beds, after being cooped up in the train for 48 hours.

Room even has disco lights!

DAY 1 at Lhasa, Tibet

--Jokang Temple—

Place for many tibetians to go pray.




Bong and a door her size.

Stalls along ba1 jiao3 jie1, just outside jokang temple, where stalls sell souvenirs

Bird's eye view of ba jiao jie from Jokang Temple
Me and bong at jokang temple
The walls with red colored 'white horse grass' grown on them, a plant that signifies royalty and authority.


Me at jokang temple, with potala palace far behind



Saw a group of tibetians singing and dancing. Thought it was some ritual. Later found out that it was actually a process of hitting the ground so that the mud (used in place of concrete) would be packed and smoothened in the process of building the temple. (the end result is REALLY smooth! As though it was ironed by machines!)

--Potala Palace—

Number 1 place to visit in Tibet, simply because Dalai Lama used to live in this palace. However, what attracted me was the amazing architecture. The palace is built on Red Mountain, and is very beautifully designed. It was hard to climb up to the top tho, coz besides the many stairs, we were on a high altitude of 3600m above sea level at Lhasa, Tibet. Nonetheless, the view was worth it. Can see that mountains surround Tibet from all sides.. And the clear blue sky over there.. ^_^

Picturesque view of potala palace. (looks so good it's as though it's taken from some magazine eh? ^_^) View of some stairs of potala palace from an alley on the outskirts of the palace.
Potala Palace from the Square

Me along the stairs on potala

8 of us, conquered the climbing of potala!! *pant

Me and the Tans

DAY 2 at Lhasa, Tibet

--Namuchuo Lake (aka heavenly lake)—

Situated 4200m above sea level, very windy, thus very cold. Had to bring out my down already. Rode on a yak there for 1sgd.

And though it was summer, it SNOWED!! Woohoo~~

Collecting snow with our coats and hair!

--Na Gen La –



Just some touristy place that’s 5190m above sealevel. Popped up to take a photo for 1 minute only, and we were off to thaw ourselves in lower grounds.