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Preparing for Tibet |
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To bring everything up to date, I have been with my girlfriend Holly for a year now living in Chengdu, China. I live in a nice 147 sq meter apartment, spent the last year teaching English at a local university and am currently working as a Sales and Marketing Manager |
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First day in Lhasa |
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We woke up at five o’clock to get to the airport in time for our seven o’clock flight to Lhasa. It was dark, it was cold but we had packed and laid out our clothes the night before so we just quickly dressed and got a taxi to the airport. |
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On to Nyingtri |
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We got up bright and early around 10, went down to the Tashi 2 restaurant for breakfast and then to the guesthouse message board to find a ride to Nyingtri. Nyingtri is not listed in Lonely Planet China but does show up on the map. Holly somehow found out |
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Oct 3, Over the mountain, past the river... |
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We got up bright and early by 7 to meet everyone in the almost predawn darkness to load up the taxi. We piled into the taxi, stopped for a short time to grab some porridge for breakfast and then we were on our way to…. Somewhere.
We drove out of town, |
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Oct 4, 2004 Around Lhasa |
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That morning we slept in late. We planned to spend the day in Lhasa, see the sights and set up a trip to Namtso lake the next day. When we got up we put a notice on the hotel message board looking for partners to go to Namtso. |
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Oct 5, 2004 On to Namtso Lake... NOT! |
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Got up, checked out of the hostel and found the driver waiting outside for us. We grabbed some meat buns from a nearby restaurant and we were off. We stopped by the Yak hotel and picked up the other guy and the three Japanese girls. The girls were |
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Oct 6, 2004 Finally the Portola Palace! |
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Neither of us slept well. The room was very noisy from street noise all night long. The beds had soft spots in the middle. Holly had diarrhea and the smelly bathroom was outside and down the hall. Holly was feeling poorly in the morning. I was |
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Oct 7 2004, Home, sweet Home |
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I had made a mistake in accepting a room with no bathroom as I had to go to the toilet at least six times during the night. Each time I would have to get dressed and go down the hall. The bathrooms were clean but it was still a |
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