So Day 6 was taken up with pretty much with travelling from Nepal to Tibet over the Himalaya Mountains. We got a pretty good view of everest but the wait at the Kathmandu Airport was pretty painful.

Landing in Lhasa was interesting, a bit bumpy with all the air currents from the mountains but it was one of the quietest airports i’ve ever been too.

From the airport it was a 1 hour bus to Lhasa through the barren tundra that is Tibet.

 

 

The rest of the day which once we got into Lhasa was only a few hours was spent sorting out our hotel and then we were going to get a group dinner and look at a few close temples in the area at night when it was quiet.

Pretty much the the glance of the first menu most of the boys including me decided we were pretty much going to have yak for s many meals as we could.

 

Day 7

We started off the day with some breakfast at Dunya’s having the full house breakfast and pancakes. At which point we noticed everyone’s appetite was alot bigger since the altitude jump.

Next up we went the the most scared temple in all Tibet to watch the pilgrims walk around it and burn juniper in the big smokers.

After the early morning start we wandered out to Sera Monastery. It was full of debating Monks, yak, the worlds worst public toilets and amazing scenery.

 

The Monks spend a few hours debating scripture. The setup goes that the monks sitting down are being asked and the ones standing up are asking. Each question is ended with a big hand slap gesture and will continue until the monk gets a satisfactory answer.

 

 

Then the first tame yak of the tour.

The day was finished off with a trip to see the Potala at night. This place contains the tombs of many Dali Lama’s. Pretty magical.

A quiet beer afterwards and its off to bed!