Tingri

Friendship Highway, Tibet – From Lhasa to the Nepal Border

January 22, 2011
Thumbnail image for Friendship Highway, Tibet – From Lhasa to the Nepal Border

The Friendship Highway in Tibet runs from Lhasa to the Tibet/Nepal border. Part of our tour package was to be driven down from Lhasa to the Nepal border, through Shigatse and Tingri before arriving at the border-town Zhangmu (Kodari.) The route is about 740km long, and takes a total of 15 hours or so of […]

Read the full article →

Tingri, Tibet – Lots of dogs.

January 11, 2011
Thumbnail image for Tingri, Tibet – Lots of dogs.

Tingri was about as close as we could get to what “back-country” Tibet would truly be like, as we didn’t wander far off of the Friendship Highway. That being said, I’m almost positive that the true back-country experience would be very different than this. At least Tingri had hotels… Hit the jump for some more […]

Read the full article →