This was an extraordinary day: interesting, religiously inspiring, beautiful, ridiculous, sublime. The pics show the glacier which we passed on 11th October, but which didnt upload for some reason. Tensing … Read more
The G318 runs to the north of the Yamdrok Tso (Turquoise Lake) so we took an alternative route to Shigatse, Tibet’s second largest city. It passed along the Airport Expressway … Read more
A lazy day. In the morning we went back to the Barkhor to do a kora and found the very interesting museum dedicated to Gendun Chophel, one of Tibet’s early … Read more
Tensing took us in the morning to the Jokhang temple, which was built in 654 by King Songtsen Gampo, who had united Tibet and created a powerful military state. The … Read more
A brand new motorway has been built between Nyingchi and Lhasa alongside the old G318, which is fast and toll-free, but not quite as interesting as the old road. I … Read more
For the second day in a row we passed through a massive forest which was pretty at first but became boring after a while. We passed lots of wild pigs … Read more
After giving the van a good wash, we set off for Bome, and reached Rawu Lake within two hours. Rawu means “five goats” in Tibetan and refers to the second … Read more
A drive of 220 miles through the most incredible landscape took us to Baxoi. We drove out of Markam and turned left on the iconic G318 which runs from Shanghai … Read more
Tensing came for us at 9 am and we set off for Tibet. The road rose gradually through woodland and fields to Deqen where we had dinner and filled the … Read more
Shangrila in the daylight was a million times better than at night time. Green came to our van in the morning and took us to the old city which is … Read more