DavidJennyTravel

The road to Ali passed through yet more incredible scenery, going over high passes of nearly 5,000 metres before plunging into deep gorges. The bare rock was a myriad colours … Read more

China is such a country that, just when you think you have seen the most beautiful and impressive site, you see something even better. We drove about 30 kms from … Read more

Day 142, 16th October, Tholing Monastery (Dada) The road running westwards from Mount Kailash went over a pass of 5,198 metres and we saw the most amazing sight before us, … Read more

Climbing over a steep pass, we descended a short distance to a wide arid plain of semi-desert with a small river running through it. This is the Indus River, which … Read more

In the morning, we twisted Tensing’s arm and he gave us an extra hour to visit the ruins of the Rongbuk (Rongpu or Rongbu) Monastery shortly before the barrier stopping … Read more

We continued along the G318 to the rapidly-growing town of Lhatse and then to Old Tingri, which the Chinese have renamed Piebar. This is the gateway to Everest with a … Read more

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