2003 Nian June 24 to July 15, Tibet - Nepal Travels
June 24: Nanjing starting at noon on the train, carrying large bags of fruit snacks, a variety of drugs on the train.
June 25: through the Qinling Mountains, late arrival in Chengdu.
June 26: rest, visiting the Chunxi Road, Chengdu snacks to eat.
June 27: Fly Lhasa, Chengdu, noon to Gonggar airport, aircraft inside the cold, the best band jackets. Out of the airport take the airport bus 35 yuan to the Potala Palace Square, 2 hours in the afternoon break. Evening at the Jokhang Temple Square, just beside the Canal Hotel, meals, eat bite is not fixed but very fragrant lamb chops, balcony watch the Jokhang Temple Square. Auspicious day to live at night.
Recommendation: 8 lang study, Asia, the most auspicious day is three popular backpacker hotel. Auspicious: if not from the Jokhang Temple, Barkhor road is the nearest hotel, relatively clean and the message boards the most popular room in front of the bench for Mix to exchange, great atmosphere, there are still TV is just inside the room is too light the dark and fly more. Asia Hostel: Because Bajiao Street away from the road so now very close to the Jokhang Temple, which is very clean, rooms are larger and brighter lights but there was no television, desk with free indoor phone can be very convenient, there are many eating places nearby . (We are most satisfied here, then come back after moving here to live). 8 Long Studies: The best known, but the position a little bit far is not very popular-wang, who live there and we said there were very noisy, and we have not carefully studied, can not comment. There is also a snow boarding houses located on the Jokhang Temple Square, next to the real stuff, but if there were no people live, and we do not know the situation inside the. (We are talking about are ordinary double the settings). After the aircraft arrived in Lhasa altitude sickness usually occur within 12 hours after the time to eat an ordinary stars plateau can without getting out the roots of Rhodiola can also buy tea to drink. Partial response rarely a serious person, aminophylline be able to meet the respiratory system asthma, Suxiao Jiuxin pill protect heart, stomach bad people, like me, brought a box Po Chai Pills. It was suggested that taking inosine to enhance the body's emergency response capabilities. But even that prepared a box of the plateau security is sufficient, do not threaten their own. Pharmacies are everywhere.
June 28: Jokhang Temple in the morning (ticket 60, student 35), on the golden dome, Saussurea hotel dining. 15:00 Sera (40 yuan, tour guide cards free of charge) to see debates through a distinctive flavor. Back to the light sweet tea to drink sweet tea, dinner at the backpackers Tibetan restaurant to eat curry chicken rice and beef pie. Met here a few Mix, even want to go to Nepal, talked about the matter, want to group together to go. Who knows he was ridiculed about it, unanimously expressed themselves to be the best, followed by what the group ah. MM can not lose face in front of ah, relying on their own opinions on their own to go bite the bullet on the bar.
Recommendation: Jokhang Temple in the morning to go can be mixed votes, with the ranks of the Tibetans not to wear bright clothes. The debate by the Sera Monastery is worth a look, very interesting, but could not understand what to say. Tibetan meal taste not flattered by the good heart preparations. Light sweet tea in the Jokhang Temple Square, next to the hostel across the snow, taste good, sweet milk tea flavor, 3 corner glass, is said to be the British handed down. Is worth a try. Players remember to bring some change for a corner or candy, to see the children can give them to escape.
June 29: the morning of the Potala Palace Square, Barkhor Street. Light sweet tea at noon to eat beef noodles. The afternoon Norbulingka (ticket 60). Dinner in the Bajiao Street's Majiemi with pizza, watching Bajiao Street on the travel of people. Same night and the next day to Namco's two Mix met, one called the old week learning the Tibetan language in Tibet's; the other is called the high, is a little girl in Shanghai, a people to Tibet.
Recommendation: The Potala Palace Square is a good place to take pictures, we Kuangpai a while until satisfied. Norbulingka is the Dalai Lama's summer palace, more like a park, parks, tree-lined, Lhasa, to have such a treasure is something very rare, but more expensive tickets, no time is not spent, is not it will go to attractions. Sitting in the mezzanine Majiemi Bajiao Street on the exchanges in terms of people, look at people on the message of this story feels very leisurely.
June 30: As early as 8:00 chartered to Nam Co, passing Yangbajain geothermal, over Damxung County, crossing over more than 5100 meters of Nagen La Pass, overlooking Nam Co. 13:00 arrived at Tashi Peninsula, living Tashi Hotel (four humans, 20 yuan / person), at 9-11 points, there is electricity, the room has a quilt a blanket, a warm enough.
Recommendation: chartered a general election Toyota Land Cruiser, 62 cost will be around 1000-1200 yuan, when we went to SARS is not over, the driver Puncog 3 months not to do business, and is willing to 700 yuan to take us away for two days, Indeed, it is cheaper. If it is 4500 model, generally 30% more expensive. That wood mistake more than 4700 meters above sea level, the environment is very bad to the Tashi peninsula, although the immediate beauty of post-intoxication, but there is no effort into to enjoy, and quickly break into the tents, headaches, if an effect of the plateau to eat well. The high did not break with the past directly transferred to the lake, the result is the remaining time has been at rest. We have a good rest after going out to see Lake, sitting in the lake to see was blue sky mapping of the blue water, white clouds and the distant snow-capped mountains, breathtaking beauty, I think, life is life do not come here to enjoy the Lake God charm is a big regret, but I'm really very happy. Rain all night and day, we did not see the sunrise and sunset, the number of some regret, but I still feel that living on the island one night is very necessary, but must maintain their strength, pay attention to rest, bring some food on the road and on the island to eat. Really hard to eat hard tack. The road to the Nam Co Lake in the landscape are often attracted to is called the driver to stop so that we take pictures, a photo if you want, and Tibetan children, it is best to bring some candy and pencils to them, they will be very happy.
July 1: Early Bird Lake turn, our turn is Tashi Peninsula, 7:30 start at about 10 points back. Morning and yesterday afternoon, Namco, and is entirely two kinds of images in the morning the lake is extremely calm, the lake was blue, not so blue, is not as rough.
Clap your hands together after a break to go hang hada stone. We turn a very slow pace of the lake, we turn to circle by the same person more than two weeks old (no wonder, he was transferred also as long as the Pochin Gang Ren 1 day). On the road to see someone knock the long head of the pious, sacred expression can not be people to bother. Friends of the Lake is still necessary to switch can be said to change the venue and scenery, along with Tashi Peninsula and the beautiful shoreline curves. And we are sheep, there is a blessing for the even more meaning. 13:30 return to Lhasa, give a lift with a 60-year-old elderly people, is cycling around China, from when the male foot to Namco, the first night did not turn the Nagen Yamaguchi, cold night and hid escaped into the cave before. Interesting way to look at his pictures all over the country postmark. The evening back to Lhasa, Chongqing, casserole, after eating, changing lives Asia Hotel.
Recommendations: In the morning the island's air is very thin, the temperature is very low, it is proposed that it is too early to turn lakes, extremely weak when the film contains some ginseng is useful to turn lakes really tired, it is best not to load too much, but the When we finally moved out when the feel good sense of accomplishment. Back to Lhasa after the oxygen felt much better A could not help but to walk faster up.
July 2: In the morning go to the Nepalese Consulate General visa in the afternoon returned to Chengdu, the air tickets, send postcards, transfer Bajiao Street, buy souvenirs. Contact with the two Koreans go to Mount Everest. Phuntsok, or car, 2900 yuan. Long night in eight school opposite the golden rice bowl to eat Sichuan cuisine. Because of visa, so the delay for a day on 1 day when the rest bar.
Recommendation: Nepalese Consulate General visa is very convenient, fill tables, a random picture of what kind of documents, to pay 255 yuan, with the Chinese told him to go to travel on it. But only 10 to 11:30 in the morning office, the next day you can get a visa. Consulate General of Norbulingka and the Tibet Museum from quite close, and if sufficient time to play together. Bajiao Street is really dazzling things, and slowly walk around to see a lot of fun, and Oumen long as there is time on that turn, the overall feeling of living in Lhasa should be a leisurely stroll, for which we Drepung and Ganden Temple no go. Rhodiola rosea roots and bought some saffron. Still a lot of time inside the switch next to the national mall, because they say things that are Bajiao Street on the inside from the wholesale to the national mall, and the fact that this proves true, but also be able to obtain wholesale prices. Sichuan cuisine delicious meal more than the possession of the stomach Do not be a bad person because of delicious to eat more, greedy result is trouble stomach pains, vomiting middle of the night together. Stomach inside Po Chai Pills nice.
July 3: In the morning mail souvenirs, knives can not board the aircraft must be checked. Nepalese Consulate to get visas. Go to the Potala Palace (7.1-8.15 tickets dropped to 50 yuan), 10 yuan on the golden dome camera. At night to eat Chinese noodles, they are linked to a chartered with the people who go to Everest. Coincidentally, it is also the NTU alumni, even if the congestion points, we decided to peers. Unfortunately, the person that called Puncog put our pigeons had to find another 3100 units of money in the car.
Recommendation: The Potala Palace because it is built on the mountains, so do not arrived in Lhasa at the time to go up and down the tired man. Best to spend 5 yuan for a taxi directly to your hill, then down from the tour, visitors are not so ordinary tour, and save energy. Fabric Palace there are many treasures worth seeing, it is best to bring some information in order to see to understand, or do not know what is read. That the famous do not forget the toilet, here is an abyss Oh!
July 4: the original with the good with the chartering of the Korean Provisional found to be incomplete and can not be the same to go, we have been delayed nearly 11 points before starting to Mount Everest. On the road through the beautiful Brahmaputra, about 2 o'clock climbed over 4870 meters of the gamba la Pass, overlooking Lake sheep. The beauty of sheep is different from the Nam Co Lake, is a quiet serene beauty of pure, people could not bear to disturb. The Nam Co is sacred and solemn, people dare not profane. Sheep have been along the lake down the mountain, 3:00 arrival Nagarze lunch. Way through the card Yala glacier, where the glaciers have been extended to the roadside 100 meters, it is difficult to resist temptation Oh mere mortals. 5-point multi-reach Gyangze to Zongshan Castle, watching baiqoi monastery, hundreds of thousands of pagodas. Night arrived at an altitude of 3,800 meters Shigatse, living Wuzi hotels, eat locally. He He, MM guided certificate on behalf of tour guides can be exempted from the name of accommodation, although only two tourists, and poor for our hotel opened three standard rooms, has only taken a Standard Room of money. And with no tour guide license check, Tibetans simplicity is evident.
Recommendation: chartered ago to say that a good old go from Shigatse, in some cases the owner will say to the goat lake, but the gamba la pass will go back to Shigatse, sheep can only see a lake, the card Yala glaciers and Gyantse can not go anywhere . Ad hoc requests if they are not promised that the hard way to go, and to raise money to 300 yuan. Castle Hill were very high, we must go up by car, you can walk up, but did not need. And car dealers have a very vicious way the big Tibetan mastiffs, to Tibet, Tibetan Mastiff is do not look too bad.
July 5: In the morning 9:30 to Tashilhunpo, tickets to 55 yuan, but no chance to free riders in. Small Panchen Lama is not at the temple, in Beijing to study. Lu-yu a group of female monks, take the initiative in line with our group photo, of course we must not啦seeking knowledge. In Shigatse city, after the big supermarkets to add materials noon, leave for Lazi. 3:00 to Da Lazi, meals, if not live the new Tingri, then hastened to enjoy the ultimate convenience of a cell phone signal bar. The so-called Lazi county that is a street, it is broken, but the radius of tens of thousands of square kilometers out of here on the little big city, and also the last to supplement the materials venues. Out of the city would be put through Lazi Checkpoint. Lazi station out of border there are two ways a well-known China-Nepal Highway is also part of State Road 318 leading to Mount Everest, and camphor; the other one is the mysterious Yao Zhi Ali. Therefore, strict comparison of investigation here. Lazi out of the road is more difficult to walk, probably through the 5220 meters in 5:00 pull-Pass a mistake, if the weather is good, where you can vaguely see the Mount Everest of. 6 pm, more than arrived in New Tingri (also known as co-Nagel, elevation 4,500 meters), to live within the county government guest houses, each 20 yuan. If one does not live, you can flutter the name of a single Director of the Office on behalf of, we are the encounters him.
July 6: 8 point of view, in the new Tingri and the intersection of State Road 318 exit to Mount Everest to buy tickets (the name of environmental protection fee charged), 65 yuan per person, the driver is not money, but the wheels of the car by money Each wheel 100. Soon after the arrival of the famous Lulu Checkpoint, Hehe not far from Everest. Lulu out shortly after the border station was divided into two roads, a bypass to the Everest base camp, one of 318 national highway point camphor wood. The following is a checkpoint is closed tickets, to here, you're officially entered the nature reserve of Mount Qomolangma. Car along the winding mountain road kept climbing, the roadside you can see traces of crustal movement and orogeny - the rock layers fold and fracture. 1 hour after the arrival of the famous gaoula Yamaguchi, turned a small corner eyes suddenly see the light after seeing a streamer, ready for your camera, brewing up your mood. Looked south, you will be excited to see spectacular scenery: the world's climax of the four peaks over 8,000 meters standing side by side in the south, from left to right are: Makalu (the world's No. 5), Luo sub-peak (fourth), Mount Everest, Cho Oyu (6th). Around the course, a group of more than 7000 meters high mountain foil in the distance there Shisha echo peak. Makalu half-shy half-cover, Everest standing proudly of the pack, Lhotse Everest accompany the same as the little sister next largest area of Cho Oyu, the magnificent, Tibetan means "the chief Thera", really worthy of the name. In addition to scorch volume can do? After some Kuangpai to move forward, passing several small villages, the largest of which is called Tashi cases, can provide accommodation, there are small shops can add something that many people arrive here from the Shigatse stay on the same day. Two hours later arrived at Rongbuk monastery in the world's highest living Rongbuk Guest House. Rongbuk Everest is to look at the best place to live in here you can sleep in the bed, very clear to see Mount Everest, the price per person 25. The afternoon continue on to mountaineering base camp, the so-called big tent camp in fact, just a few, but also provide accommodation, there is a post office was not open. Some will give you sell fossils, about 15 yuan one, buy one is not bad, otherwise they will regret it. To take advantage of physical strength, to continue to proceed to camp 1, about 100 meters after the wind too much out of 7,8 on the back of our home base of the. The way to camp 1 are of wide streams, can not jump in the past, and no narrow at the upstream and downstream bypass, in the past is still the best way to hire yaks over to bar. Beyond it could be close to Rongbuk Glacier, but we must do what. Evening in the guest houses, a small restaurant meals, the same day there will be no tourists in addition to our living in the Rongbuk Monastery, and Ou Men and Tibetan people to talk to, looking for Sherpa photo, listen to them play and sing and drink buttered tea and watch Everest Kiun really feel spectacular, relaxed and happy. Night 8:30 at the Rongbuk Monastery to see the Mountains Pass Everest sunset, pyramid-like rendering of Mount Everest in the golden sunset yellow, very deterrent effect, takes out his camera again its heavy reliance on a while. The night is very cold, strong winds, there are MP3-point of this moment can be recorded in the wind. In such a high altitude can be considered the limit of somewhere to stay and experience it, or to experience the whole day is the limit.
July 7: About 6:30 to watch the sunrise. After the 8 o'clock start back camphor, about 12 points to reach the old Tingri, approaching the old Tingri time as the weather, you can get to see Mount Everest. 16:00 climbed over next to the more than 5100 meters of the La Lung La Pass and sub-Yu Hung La Pass, in the Yamaguchi look at Shisha at peak. Followed by a two-hour elevation of the sharp decline to the southern foot of the Himalayan Mountains, 1 hour to reach 3,800 meters in Nyalam, cross border station, another one hour to reach 2,200 meters of camphor wood. Elevation drop can be seen along the way due to climate and vegetation change. From the desert to have pockets of grass that there are large areas of grassland, shrubs and then there appeared the tall trees, waterfalls and streams, more and more, until a direct hit on the road, wet climate is also up. Later than 6:00 and arrived at frontier town camphor wood. Camphor is a Bangshan town built along the winding highway built from top to bottom, the town is also the only road. But this town is very rich material, even more than it's parent Nyalam County, more than the Lazi, Tingri. Here supermarkets, shopping malls, banks, post offices ranging. Where a high proportion of Han Chinese, mostly in Sichuan come to do business. When we went to the roadside parking space, who came to the boundary and take the Indians to go off-road vehicles Kamiyama pilgrimage. Nepal also TATA trucks everywhere. Transported from below onto the chicken, garlic shipped from China, ginger go. Nepalese, Indians, Kashmiris are everywhere. Faction and prosperity. Since the Sino-Indian relations have been poor, India has been south of the McMahon Line Zhanzhao China 9 million square kilometers of fertile plains, the eastern part of Sino-Indian border has been closed. Sino-Indian border in northwest India in Kashmir that is about 40,000 square kilometers of its territory, both sides of dispute, has been shut down. Chinese original and the Kingdom of Sikkim has a border known as East Asia, but since the Indian annexation of Sikkim, China has refused to recognize India's sovereignty over Sikkim, has been shut down. Therefore, the whole land long Sino-Indian border is completely closed, so that camphor to Kathmandu this line became a radius of one million square kilometers of the main transport routes. Zhangmu can imagine the bustle. Words, the bus to the town's end, China Customs, time is 7:00, and day out of customs it is impossible, and we do not want to left the same day. Asked about the price of Zhangmu hotel, 400 a standard room. Switch to just-kin hotels, each standard room 150, followed suit, even MM guided card for free, driver free, I and Song师兄per person 75. Finally live the standard rooms have a shower. Services are good in the end is the Panchen Lama to open a company, quite normal. If you feel that expensive, then returned Tibetan reception is also good, cheaper. Just go out at night on a group of women came up and asked me for no change in Nepal, coins, even those who have always been to sell more of active vigilance, coupled with the Tibetan antelope, and they said, Do not change money, go to the local Bank of China for the best, so a 1 sent. Dinner on the roadside to eat a Szechuan Restaurant, from the restaurant looked out the window, you can see the foot of the mountain directly to the Sino-Nepalese border Friendship Bridge, meals are not expensive, and very tasty, eating a lot, there may be an elevation down to 2200 meters, the body has adapted to the bar. After dinner I called the post office, and reported in a safe at home. A post office is very enthusiastic young man named Phuntsok, we had nothing ready to Nepal, only know Kathmandu, Pokhara. He recommended a few spots, but more importantly, he put the English name of these places written by us, plus he had left a friend's phone, so we really Gaobu Ding, we went to help his friend, which, under our psyche from anxiety more.
July 8: In the morning a Lanjue sleep, get up at 9:00, I MM to a roadside restaurant to eat breakfast, I went to the Bank of China exchange for money. Originally thought that not far, walking up and around a mountain only to find Mei Wan, walking more than 20 minutes into the mountains to banks. Took out 1,000 yuan would exchange for which that bank officials said the Nepalese currency is not a common currency, the banks do not change. Yue Q: Where can I change? Answer is: someone pestering you want to help you change the. Halo! And a half years to find a dealer for ah, it seems the author of Tibetan antelope has not really looking from another money, take it for granted that the bank may change in the. Yuan currency to Nepal was originally 1:9.6, from last year, Dollar started to depreciate, while the renminbi is pegged to the USD (although claiming to be a managed floating exchange rate), so now demoted to 1:9.2. No way to find a dealer for 1,000 yuan. Dealer said, you have to change points to Nicaragua can only be exchanged for 1:8.7, even did not believe her, and later proved she was right. Back to the hotel Farewell Song师兄and drivers, embarks on a new journey.
Kennedy had just walked from the hotel only 2 minutes the customs, border control of people seem to like nothing better to do for a long time, much of the called, to: 2 do want to leave? After getting a positive response by immediately and thoughtful service to help us do a variety of procedures. Inquiries to the nearest few visitors a day, nor a few, so they are more busy, we are also looking for the same to those who do not hold any hope. Out of customs, Toyota 62 took us to the Friendship Bridge border, each 10 yuan. Do not province, the 10-yuan Road, 8 kilometers, equivalent to down the mountains, and the road is extremely muddy, but the scenery is also beautiful, and carried on to the Zhangmu Nyalam line view. 20 minutes later, finally to the Friendship Bridge, which is in 1985 the two governments jointly built. Bridge connecting two mountains, the mountains are rivers, the middle of the bridge there is a yellow line, that is, the official of the China-Nepal border. Standing on the bridge, through the gap between two mountains, we can see another mountain of camphor wood, do not have a style. Bridge jammed with pilgrims for the Indians, there had to turn off to China and that the inspections, more slowly, the results of all pro-line at the bridge.
Nepal checks more relaxed, filled out one entry card and a health certificate on the entry of the. Encountered in a Tibetan to Nicaragua's business, and discuss, and his partner decided to do a taxi to Kathmandu, Nepal 500 coins per person. Out of customs in the process of a lot of people pestering you want to take you to Kathmandu, but the asking price are black, to 15 dollars a person or 1200 Nepalese coins, do not reason them, and passed the 500 Nigerian currency on the price of one more child child they should not give. Let sit a total of four individuals, but also a Nepalese women. There is local Yehao. Stay away, and elevation are still all the way down along the mountain road to go, a mountain less than a mountain, but the strange thing is that road is very difficult to go, simply go to Mount Everest than the road is still bad, thinking that income in Nicaragua the United Nations and China so much money, how is not the way to understand something to the whole ah! Later learned that the Government of India to prevent their oppression of Nepal revised the 40 kilometers, the fear of Chinese tanks will fall within 3 hours Kathmandu, India, a direct threat to the Chinese hinterland. He Nepal Sham weak country, sandwiched between the great powers are also Burongyia. Here cattle are regarded as gods, we must not kill, so cattle station or sleep in the middle of the road, and does not pay attention to passing vehicles, and Tibet, a yak sounded his horn was scared of the two kinds of treatment entirely. Hateful is joint and several sheep, dogs, chickens and even a bird of our cars are not really a cow be moral, just a few kilometers of the Ascension.
Lasts over 20 minutes, we stopped by a group of army patrol inspection, the hands are carrying his submachine gun. Passport touch out obediently handed over to them to see, do not know what they Kan Bukan understanding, short installation looked like touch to do, made a release gesture. Heard of Nicaragua for decades has been unrest, would not be anti-government guerrillas bar, nice, careful, and God knows they will shoot ah a bad mood. To open up another 10 minutes, was again stopped checks, this is the armored vehicle parked on the side, that battle, asked to open the car trunk, open luggage inspection, said that to prevent the transport of drugs. Rely on, where there are no human rights ah, even the plastic band all see each Tibetan people's sugar to taste, drink tea and Rhodiola root Oumen should try. 折腾了半天before release. Only later did I hear that they do not have such a right, just want to take this opportunity to blackmail that, if found what would immediately confiscate cigarettes, leaving their own smoke, but if like me and other poor students, they see no oil and water, what is also Daogu had to be released, and there are to do business in Chinese mainland for the first time to go, with a lot of goods, they took the opportunity to punish his 5000 Nepalese currency. This is mainly because Chinese people are not speaking English very well, the exchange of inconvenience, but also from Tibet, Tibetans have illegally sneaking over the last encounter they generally take the initiative to honor, a long time, and they regarded the Chinese people as the God of Wealth, the total To check the examination of what, until you take the initiative to send money immediately after their release. But if they really like we do nothing to check, they can not arbitrarily detained or a fine, so you can rest assured that, to Kathmandu after the encounter came a few Mix very smoothly.
As usual, is all the way down, passing through a city Balbis, but also some checks, but the relief was replaced by police checks, and end, I still greeting one: DO YOU MIND? Nepal's royal massacre in 2002, prior to the camphor can not get a passport with the Travel Agency to Balbis play two days, but this year did not this policy. After a Balbis even into being, and since then we have turned-respected by foreigners. On the road to eat a light meal, and the pretty girl in Nepal together in a film (to come back and found MM to help me not to open when the camera flash, people are black, do not know whether it was deliberate). Nepal is probably the time 15 o'clock we arrived at Kathmandu (and Beijing and poor in 2 hours and 15 minutes), the road took nearly 4 hours. The car Tibetans introduction, we were staying downtown THAMEL district NORLING HOTEL, asked about prices, standard room per night, 19 dollars, or about 1,400 Nepalese currency, receiving our guys would say that Nepal ethnic Chinese that we have received 800 Nepalese currency on the line, I saw the room, feeling the equivalent of our Samsung a bar, counter-offer of 600 Nigerian currency, he nodded promised, we have moved into.
Out shopping, find that we live in this street is called JYATHA, belongs to a very busy street, but also increases both the largest travel agency road. Into one asked about the situation in Shanghai air ticket, then shop Indian English is very poor, the two of us are barely squeeze a few words, that is called Leia, but Fortunately, the two of us together, be able to understand him a 8 Cheng, no increase on the handwritten gesture. Finally found a sad news, plus all the aircraft in Shanghai grounded because of SARS. To restore the aircraft to fly to Lhasa, only two classes a week, to have been fully booked next week. No. MM15 must be back to Nanjing, if the land back from the camphor no time we played in Nepal, and the price per 3000 also transport costs (Lhasa to Shanghai to more than 2,000 yuan). Fortunately days leaves people a way out, we can transfer to Shanghai. From Hong Kong on the fastest, but the most expensive. To transfer from Bangkok airport 15 hours before transfer, but relatively inexpensive over. Final decision on transfer from Bangkok, 3100 yuan per person (if there are direct flights to Shanghai, then 250 dollars can handle that, and we only targeted energetically counter-offer.), Any rate of return calculation to solve the problem, it can be assured of the play.
Night on JYATHA a small restaurant to eat Western food, and open menu, then it was great, usually in Nanjing Napoli replaced the price of the yuan currency here in Nigeria, the price suddenly felt I had become wealthy. He and MM Shuangqi to say: just point, it does not matter. So is pizza, but also the Indian meal, and a pile of points. Taste very good, checkout was 200 Nepalese currency. Brothers, with MM go, now began to charge wealthy bar. Ladies and Gentlemen, casually take it, it was checkout. 哈哈.
The evening want to go online, then, THAMEL area everywhere cafe, 30 Nepalese currency for an hour, the speed than slow dial-up Internet access. To call the whole THAMEL the cheapest place in the NORLING HOTEL walk 50 meters west of a shop, hit China's prices are 15 Nepalese coins per minute. (THAMEL can be IPA pronunciation, but the Chinese people are fat, "Thailand and the United States child" is sound, the locals can understand).
Spent a very busy day, everyone will sleep at night, and here, at low latitudes, very comfortable.
July 9: get up early to go near the Great Wall of the Chinese people to open restaurants looked at, first, like to ask the ticket price, and second, looking to find the Chinese currency exchange points, and Nepal (local shop on all of 1:8.7 prices) and the third is to eat breakfast (the locals are all open the door after more than 9 points). Never thought that I asked about the Great Wall Hotel, only 500 Nepalese currency per night, facilities and more than NORLING Fortunately point, immediately imbalance reversed NORLING half a day looking for waiter theory. At this time the emergence of a Chinese person to help us say a few words, where he long lived, so attendants finally agreed to the price dropped to 300 Nigerian currency, we would be no further relocation of. The Chinese people are Changshu, people, surnames money, told him the money the old bar. He was doing business with the Nepalese people, to debt collection, and are waiting to go to money, and then return home, where has lived for more than two for months. So, to see our fellow Jiangsu very close, and very warm. Take the initiative to bring us out to play, of course, we could wish for. The new palace in the vicinity of THAMEL from NORLING walked over as long as 5 minutes and can only look at the door. BOUDHA is a religious shrine in Nepal is mainly a tower dedicated to the god of their faith, there were reportedly more than 1,000 years, and is also the world's largest pagoda. From the THAMEL played the past 100 Nepalese currency. BOUDHA near a Hindu shrine PASHUPATI (Shiva Temple), could be invited to a tour guide explain that, but many in India did not understand the name of God, the price 100 Nepalese coins. PASHUPATI inside the most famous of all Hindu cremation in Nepal, on the river burned, and then gradually pushed into the river Shuizang ashes. Do not let the family see the best pictures. Go back at night, the old money, tell us a good news, go to the casino for dinner every night, not the money. There are four casinos, which depend on THAMEL most recently ANNAPURNA CASINO and the YAK YETI HOTEL (yak hotel) in ROYALE CASINO. ANNAPURNA Hotel easy to find, it being in the new palace of a street, while in the former YAK YETI HOTEL diagonally opposite the alley, into the left turn after 30 meters to go to see, so I really can not find a fight in the past 50 Nepalese currency. I recommend you go to YAK YETI HOTEL casino, where you can gamble for free food buffet, and vegetables every day for, the type of addition of fruit juice, as well as ice cream and cigarettes supply, so cool to. After we go to Kathmandu every evening meals, start time is 9:30. Nepal also has eating edge performances. If you want to gamble can be luck, but we still do not bet on, afraid to eat their money and you still subsidizing.
July 10: 7:00 am, SWISS company's bus ride to Pokhara (POKHARA), fare 250 Nepalese currency. Half-way to two rest breaks, about 14 o'clock to. If you want to drift, then, with the travel agent is better, they for you and your luggage transported to the downstream join. Pokhara is a typical resort city, according to Lake and built a small town, beautiful scenery, a distance well over 8000 meters high Annapurna, foreigners come here to walk most of mountaineering (TREKING), and we New Zealanders with the car a woman, to TREKING25 days, switch to Annapurna. Ou Men came from Tibet, the time was not well, so there will be no walk in. If you want to walk, the local guide recommended to more than three days, otherwise, could not walk far, little significance. There are many local travel agents, you can follow their lead.
We stayed at the lake's LAKE VIEW RESORT, luxury suites 250 Nepalese currency per day, location on the company's bus terminal in the SWISS continues to move forward 100 meters, from the outside look like a garden. In the room can see the beautiful lake FEWA Lake. Anyway, think it is even more value. In particular, have a nightly 7:00 Folk Songs and Dance, the day of our two visitors to eat, they 10 performances a few people very seriously 2 hours of us get very embarrassed, and either come to a Golden Retriever foreigners, really embarrassed to get out of it.
Afternoon we rented a bike each day, 50 Nepalese currency. Casually twisted my nearby attractions DAVID FALL, there is what CAVE, are also quite distinctive. In a foreign country, enjoying the sun, air, beauty, exotic, the milling aimlessly is also a very nice thing oh.
July 11: On this day a place to go farther, MM did not want to ride, I will simply go to rent a Honda motorcycle with her, and 1 day 300 Nepal. . If not opened, then it does not matter, you can rent a CVT car, a school would be, but the prices of your key points to 500 coins a day Nepal. Along the maps in the same day of the month will be transferred Pokhara, mountainous and rural areas were able to go to the full use of resources Well! J. FEWA boating lake in the evening to the temple lake. Days good, morning, sunrise can be seen Annapurna Unfortunately, bad weather, our good luck in Tibet are exhausted.
July 12: In the morning before leaving for Kathmandu (if it more time to spend, you can also go to CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK, ride an elephant to see peacocks, watching rhinos, you can also JUNGLE TREKING, adds up to two days), sit to the time of the company's bus SWISS At 2 o'clock, to be back in Kathmandu. The road has also encountered a Mix in Tibet, foreign land case of refresher, and talk very happy. Back to Canada are later discovered to be bad weather, the clouds are thick, so abandoned plans to go to Nagarkot. Where you can see Everest from the other direction, as far as I know the best view of Everest Nepal suites also 800 coins. Unfortunately, when we go to is the rainy season, the locals said that basically can not see, coupled with our relatively over the past 20 days, tired, just casually stroll THAMEL a stroll and bought souvenirs points. If you want to go, then can take the bus, about 30 Nepalese coins, half an hour can be reached. Casino night is through! Business as usual.
July 13: lovely old money and accompany us to the location of the old Royal Palace Durbar Square, Kathmandu Plaza, Du Palestinian children the most famous square, but also watch a good place for temples in Nepal. From THAMEL foot in the past about 15 minutes. Including the Hanuman Dhoka Palace (Hanumandhoka Dhoka Palace), Dumu Temple (Kasthamandap), thala beads female temple (Taleju Temple), virgin Temple (Temple of Kumari). Here is the Chinese name back before I found the whole, the Hehe. Here the goddess is said to be able to see live, but did not see Oumen. At noon went to Swayambhunath (Swayambunath), from the Durbar Square to play the past about 50 Nepalese currency.该寺位于加德满都市西郊斯瓦杨布山，是尼泊尔著名的藏传佛教寺庙，也是联合国人类文化遗产之一。从山顶看加德满都的市容是最好不过的地点了，后山有很多猴子，老钱管这里叫猴子山。正门向左边20米就有小路可以上山，当然也免了门票。下午再去PATAN古城，那里也有皇宫和寺庙。当地的人会强烈推荐你去参加MOUNTAIN FLIGHT，一个人110美圆，乘坐小飞机，可以看到10多座高山，能飞的离珠峰非常的近。可惜偶们没这个经济实力喽。晚餐？还用问吗？
7月14日:下午加德满都飞曼谷，晚上6点半到，沿途天气不错，能看到孟加拉国和缅甸的优美的海岸弧线。曼谷到上海的飞机是第二天的10点半，我们要等16个小时。于是决定去曼谷市区走走。到了签证处，问了一下，中国护照可以落地签证，很方便。但发现出去一趟很不合算，每人75元的签证费，出机场后回来要再付110元的机场建设费，机场到市区也要50元的车费。算了一下，两个人什么也不干就要花500元人民币，太亏了。算了，就在机场转转吧。曼谷机场有几百家免税店，也够打发时间的了，可惜带MM看人妖的承诺没实现。更主要的原因是20天来我们也的确比较累了，以后有机会再来玩泰国吧。这里也可以自助玩的，坐公共船到处溜达。
7月15日:早上飞往上海，下午回到祖国，晚上，回到家乡南京。
终于写完了，感觉上像又神游了一趟，种种情景历历在目，去西藏，不仅仅是感受锦绣的山川，也是体会人杰地灵之美。有身体上的考验，也有胆量的锤炼。是文化苦旅，更是心灵的历练。行前看大量的资料，有利于自己的准备，少走弯路，但也会少了惊喜。不做任何准备，虽会吃亏上当，但一切靠自己亲身体会与经历，则更有一番风味。我们行前看了些西藏的资料如藏羚羊，确实收益非浅，帮了大忙。而去尼泊尔则全无准备，虽有很多景点没去，但自己却乐在其中。到底怎样才好就仁者见仁，智者见智了。只要去了，无论何种方式，都会有自己的收获。扎西德勒！
作者：clone_man
