Harmonious Lazi (Lhatse) Welcomes You! |
Lhatse (La Zi) |
Lhatse Tibetan Farmer's Hotel |
Unless you're at Tibetan Farmer, don't stay here! Disgusting toilet... |
Lhatse, Tibet |
Friendship Highway as Main Street, Lhatse |
New Chinese gate in the center of Lhatse |
Lunch stop at Lhatse Kitchen |
Tourist restaurant Lhatse Kitchen |
Lhatse Kitchen |
The new building where Lhatse Kitchen is |
Chinese flag in the park in front of Lhatse Kitchen |
I was annoyed at the guide and driver for taking so long at lunch after rushing me out of Sakya!!! |
Wandering around Lhatse waiting for the guide and driver |
Lhatse's Main Street |
Kid in Lhatse |
"Tractor Trailer" |
Lhatse |
Small monastery at the west end of Lhatse |
Valley west of Lhatse |
The road to Ngari splits off to the north from the Friendship Highway km 5058 |
The Friendship Highway passing through a narrow river valley southwest of Lhatse |
Valley southwest of Lhatse |
The road starts to climb towards Gyatso-la Pass |
The road from Lhatse to Gyatso-la Pass |
Climbing towards Gyatso-la Pass |
Tibetan school kids in the back of a truck |
Friendship Highway southwest of Lhatse |
Ruins used as shelter from the wind for nomad tents |
The newly paved road is already damaged... |
Tent of the Chinese road crew along the Friendship Highway |
Valley between Lhatse and Gyatso-la Pass |
Stone enclosures for livestock in the highlands |
Snow capped peak comes into view |
Gyatso-la Pass 5220m (17,125 ft) |
Gyatso-la Pass marks the boundary to Qomolangma National Nature Preserve |
Prayer flags, Gyatso-la Pass |
You Are Entering Qomolangma National Nature Preserve, Gyatso-la Pass 5220m (17,125 ft) |
Qomolangma is the Tibetan name for Mt Everest and teh Nature Preserve covers 27,000 sqare km |
Intrepid souvenir seller next to a marker proclaiming an elevation of 5248m (17,217 ft) |
The snow covered peak of Mount Bula Ri 6320m (20,743 ft) |
Gyanto-la Pass marks the county border between Shigatse and Tingri |
Gyantso-la Pass |
KM1? Gyanto-la Pass |
It's so cold and windy here at over 17,000 feet I don't want to linger |
The Friendship Highway continues its journey to the southwest towards New Tingri and Shegar |
Qomolangma National Nature Preserve, Tibet |
Descending from Gyantso-la Pass |
Rocky valley |
Friendship Highway southwest of Gyantso-la Pass |
This water will enter Nepal east of Mt Everest in the Arun River, a major tributary of the Ganges |
Gyantso-la Pass southwest to Shegar and New Tingri |
Gyantso-la Pass southwest to Shegar and New Tingri |
Gyantso-la Pass southwest to Shegar and New Tingri |
The first view of Mt Everest appears, Friendship Highway km 5114 |
The carts pulled by the horses can be split off from the front wheels |
Village along the Friendship Highway |
Village along the Friendship Highway |
Sign pointing to Mt Everest Base Camp, Friendship Highway |
Distant view of Mt Everest, the world's tallest mountain 8848m (29,029 ft) |
Roadsign for Mt Everest Base Camp, Tibet |
Horse cart with Mt Everest in the background |
My Tibet guide, Lamu |
Me, Everest Base Camp, almost... |
Mount Everest, about 85 km away |
River on its journey to the Bay of Bengal via the Arun River of Nepal and the Ganges |
Deeply eroded hillside |
Riverside nunnery at km 5124 with the ruins of a mountaintop fortress |
Nunnery at Friendship Highway km 5124 |
Fortress ruins at Friendship Highway km 5124 |
Fortress ruins 9 km northeast of New Tingri (N28.7128/E87.211) |
Riverside nunnery and fortress ruins at km 5124 |
Hillside ruins and caves near Qiabu village, km 5127 |
Hillside ruins and caves near Qiabu village, km 5127 |
Nearing New Tingri from Lhatse |
Village along the Friendship Highway just before New Tingri (N28.691/E87.189) |
Entering New Tingri, a town born of tourism to Mt Everest |
Snow Mountain Tibetan Meal, New Tingri |
New Tingri |
New Tingri |
New Tingri |
Restaurant in New Tingri |
Qomolangma Service Center, New Tingri |
Tourist Service Center, New Tingri |
New Tingri |
New Tingri |
Small Tibetan restaurant in New Tingri |
Nice Noodles and Lhasa Beer |
Early morning start from the Qomolangma Hotel, New Tingri |