Lhasa, The Capital of Tibet
After driving 5 days overland from Kathmandu through the desolate Tibetan landscape watching people manually till their frozen fields and walk the yaks between valleys, we were startled by the modernity of Lhasa. A suppressed Tibetan culture emanated from the pragmatic Chinese orderliness visible in the compartmentalized concrete shops, straight wide roads, and posted Chinese [...]
Overland to Lhasa, Tibet
Before we reached Nepal, our friends emailed us that tours from Kathmandu to Lhasa could be arranged. We agreed to travel to Tibet together. Numerous agencies in Kathmandu sell Tibet tours. Many are unreliable, providing false information or no information. In our opinion, Green Hill Tours gave the most honest and complete information. Unfortunately, we [...]
