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Day 1 - Plane Ride, Jokhang Temple, and Barkhor Market | Day 2 - Potala Palace, Sera Monastery, Norbulingka, Jokhang Temple | Day 3 - Namtso Lake | Day 4 - Drepung Monastery, Potala Square | Day 5 - Yamdrok-tso Lake and the Flight Home

Day 5 - Yamdrok-tso Lake and the Flight Home

We got up at 7 again and headed out to Yamdrok-tso Lake, south of Lhasa. We got there as the sun had just come out and the lake was a deep blue color which turned more green as the day went by and the sun brought out the color of the lake bed. We then went to see a hanging glacier on the edge of a mountain near the massive mountain at the sound of the lake. And finally the driver dropped us off at the airport and we flew back to Beijing. An amazing, if rushed, trip.
First glimpse of the lake, right after coming over a 4990m (16371-ft) pass.
First glimpse of the lake, right after coming over a 4990m (16371-ft) pass.		 7206m (23,642ft) Mt. Nojin Kangsang.
7206m (23,642ft) Mt. Nojin Kangsang.		 Small village with terraced fields on the edge of the lake.
Small village with terraced fields on the edge of the lake.		 Aldri walking along the lakeside.
Aldri walking along the lakeside.
Nojin Kangsang towering over the lake.
Nojin Kangsang towering over the lake.		 Woman walking a donkey near the small town of Nangartse near the lake.
Woman walking a donkey near the small town of Nangartse near the lake.		 The road out to the glacier.
The road out to the glacier.		 The glacier itself.
The glacier itself.
They pretty much put a stupa and prayer flags in front of anything cool.
They pretty much put a stupa and prayer flags in front of anything cool.		 A small glacier on Nojin Kangsang, whose peak is in the very upper right.
A small glacier on Nojin Kangsang, whose peak is in the very upper right.		 A Tuo La Ji, the common form of transport around here.
A Tuo La Ji, the common form of transport around here.		 An amazingly good little restaurant in Nangartse.
An amazingly good little restaurant in Nangartse.
A family walking along the road.
A family walking along the road.		 View of the lake from the southern end.
View of the lake from the southern end.		 View from the pass in the afternoon after a little more greenness of the lake came out.
View from the pass in the afternoon after a little more greenness of the lake came out.		 Wide shot of the lake.
Wide shot of the lake.
Us in our hadas, given to us by our driver.
Us in our hadas, given to us by our driver.		 Guy fixing our engine with a screwdriver, very comforting.
Guy fixing our engine with a screwdriver, very comforting.		 Cloud cover on the edge of the Tibetan plateau, near Chengdu.
Cloud cover on the edge of the Tibetan plateau, near Chengdu.		 Flying down into the clouds as the sun sets behind us.
Flying down into the clouds as the sun sets behind us.

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