August 26 (15th day)
Breakfast returned Tibetans hostel and the middle of an Ogawa Sherpa hotel restaurant, the taste is quite good, unfortunately forget the names. 2 bowls of porridge, 8 buns (0.5 ¥ / month), a total of 6 ¥.
Morning - departure to Nepal. Sherpa hotel entrance for Rs 1 Rs 9.1 yuan a replacement.
- Been to China Customs, the procedures are complex, may be "atypical pneumonia" in the shadow still.
- Jeep (10 ¥ / person) from the gateway to China-Nepal border down to the Friendship Bridge. Halfway overloading of vehicles blocked the road, fortunately encountered Italian Nepalese Thopten, he later gave us a great help.
- In Thopten's help, finally sit down to his band's chartered tour fare Rs 600 / person. Hit the middle of a major landslide, unfortunately, need to get off through the cave area.
Forget the name of a lunch half-way little place, Nepal meal. 35 Rs / person.
Pm - hurry to get somewhere.
- In the evening to reach Kathmandu.
- Took a long time to find hotels. Not because of easy to find, but because of the optional room is too high. It is filled with the broker also seriously affect your progress.
Dinner Tibet Guest House next to the Everest Steak House steak, 150 Rs / copies, a large quantity of absolute good taste.
Evening stroll Tamel Area ? streetscape.
? buy the water, 25 rupees. Bread, 40 rupees.
Accommodation Tibet Guest House, double 7 U.S. dollars. Condition is quite good.
Sub-total 309 ¥.
Special Note:
1. In Nepal, the customs side, there are a lot of brokers pull traveled to Kathmandu guests. Most of cheating, offer great moisture. I personally think that the customs from Nepal - Kathmandu pack a car, the price is about 1,500 rupees to 2,000 rupees.
2. Overall, Kathmandu accommodation much cheaper than the domestic. 4.50 yuan can live to the domestic conditions of the two stars to three-star rooms. But the need for haggling.
3. Kathmandu In addition to Tamel Area outside of the traffic chaos, air pollution is serious. That time is catching up with civil unrest in Nepal, a Kathmandu street full of bunkers, checkpoints and armored vehicles.
4. And China's many tourist cities, Kathmandu, tourism professionals mostly bully strangers cheating. Simple majority of the general public seems to warm.
5. Perhaps the reasons for a long time a British colony, Kathmandu Western standards high, prices will be very cheap, not the level of domestic Western comparable.
6. Tamel Area of the bakery at 8 pm or 9 pm, after half-price can be bought for breakfast, but the taste in general.
August 27 (16th day)
Breakfast of bread, milk, 65 rupees.
Am - rent a bike, 80 rupees / day.
- Cycling, visit Monkey Temple, 40 Rs / person.
Lunch Selena restaurant, 480 rupees.
PM - As the traffic is chaotic, was forced to abandon plans to ride a bicycle to Patan.
- Chartered from Tamel to patan, 200 Rubies. Is said to be taken in, should be 100Rubies below.
- Visit Patan, 600Ruby/person. In Patan to buy a silver bracelet, 1300 Rubies, reportedly cheaper than in the Tamel Area.
- Taxi place to Kathmandu Square, the fare of 60 rupees. Tickets, 150Ruby/person. Experience the glory of Nepal in the past and today, the general public a good place to live.
- And the Nepalese to eat and chat with the Momo (a kind of dumpling), 14 Ruby / plate and drink sweet tea, 6 Ruby / cup.
- Tricycle to Anna Casino gambling, fares 50 Rubyies.
- Gambling lost 480 Rubies.
Dinner at the casino, there are simple food.
At night - taxi back hotel, 25 Rubies.
- To buy the water, cosmetics, 185 Rubies.
- Internet access. 30 Ruby / hour.
Accommodation Tibet Guest House, double 7 U.S. dollars.
Subtotal 445 ¥.
Special Note:
1. In Kathmandu, riding a bike is really not a good idea.
2. Nepal's military and police on the Chinese people are mostly very friendly.
August 28 (17th day)
Breakfast bread, milk (the day before left over).
Am - taxi to Boudha Temple, 120 rupees.
- Visit Boudha Temple, 50 Rs / person.
- Taxi to the temple in India, 55 rupees.
- Visit India temple, tickets 250 Ruby / Person. Riverside temple day and night, burning the body of the major highlights.
- India temple a taxi to the National Museum of Nepal, 200 rupees. Hateful constant detours for drivers. In fact, if visiting the Monkey Temple went to the museum is the best route, walking past, also 10 minutes.
- Visits to museums. Tickets are 50 Ruby / person. Museum exhibits few bunkers and machine guns are a lot of demonstration of tension.
- Taxi back to hotel, 60 rupees.
Lunch Selena restaurant, 400 rupees.
Pm - Shopping. Bought some paper products and bracelet, 1550 Rs.
Dinner forget the name of the hotel, and 400 rupees, but to do the same to Western taste.
Evening - to continue shopping. To buy water, bread and 130 rupees. 315 Nepalese rupees to buy stamps.
- Linked to the next day back to camphor vehicles.
Accommodation Tibet Guest House, double 7 U.S. dollars.
Sub-total 583 ¥.
August 29 (18th day)
6:00 start.
Breakfast on board, eat native food.
Am - hurry to get somewhere. The middle number on the front with the driver how much to pay a little dispute occurred.
- The middle of changing a tire, the driver change the speed very quickly.
- 1:00 pm or so to the Friendship Bridge, to return to their country feel pretty good. 1500 pay package fare Rs.
- Friendship Bridge jeep to the China Customs. 10 yuan / person.
Tibetans returned from lunch the middle of hostels and hotels in what the Sherpa restaurant Ogawa, 40.
Pm - back to Lhasa in the afternoon to find the car, took a long time. Finally found.
- 5:30 PM starting back to Lhasa, Toyota 62, fare 450 / two people.
Bring their own food to eat dinner on board.
Evening - crazy hurry to get somewhere.
- Late at night 2:00 into the Lazi, parking accommodation.
Lazi stay hotel, forget the name. 25 yuan / person.
Sub-total 670 ¥.
Special Note:
1. Every day at noon after the car from the camphor to Lhasa very little hard to find car. Starting the morning of the car very high.
2. Lazi taste a bit in the possession of steamed buns, and hard to accept.
August 30 (19th day)
Breakfast on board, eat native food.
Am - hurry to get somewhere. Noon to reach Shigatse.
Ogawa Shigatse a lunch restaurant, 13 yuan.
Pm - continued on our way. In the Qüxü County near the vehicle at high speed in the puncture, adventure-stricken.
- 6:30 PM. Finally returned to Lhasa, and directly in Lhasa bus stop to see the car the next day back to Golmud. Too late, all the cars made to go, and can only wait a day.
- A taxi to Lydia meals, 10 per hour.
Lydia dinner meals, 33.
Night - the next day on the road to buy food, buy fruit and 7.5 yuan, the other 15 yuan.
Accommodation Light Hotel, double room 80 yuan / night.
Sub-total 160 ¥.
Special Note:
1. Light Hotel is a recommendable place, if you are fitting less fever Tibetan words. The fourth floor of the double is only 10 yuan Zambia expensive hotels, but many of the conditions better. Rooms have TV, bath and laundry are also a lot easier.
August 31 (20th day)
Breakfast of fried fritters, porridge.
Am - to find a 4500 Toyota Xining Jietuan fare 350 ¥ / person.
- Hurry to get somewhere. Toyota 4500 models are indeed higher than 62 is relatively more comfortable.
Bring their own lunch food.
Pm - continued on our way. Many sections of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway has been repaired, a good time than to walk more.
The evening - continued on our way. Middle of the two brokers due to Salar deceive us and the driver on the question whether a dispute over parking accommodation, we are eager to go home, want to hurry the night, the Tibetan driver strongly disagreed.
- In the dark side of the cold Qinghai-Tibet Highway hailed, hoping to intercept the other vehicles. Unsuccessful.
- And the driver finally reached a new agreement: night stay, but starting early the next day.
- Do not mind to eat supper.
Yanshiping stay hotels, 15 yuan / person.
Sub-total 730 ¥.
Special Note:
1. Salar's reputation in the Qinghai-Tibet line already bad, this way more confident.
September 1 (21st day)
Tibetan drivers or disloyal, 4:00 am to set out.
Breakfast comes with food.
Am - hurry to get somewhere. Or a hurry to get somewhere.
- 12:30 pm, and finally to Golmud has.
- Buy tickets to Lanzhou. K428, 16:56 start, the next day 9:47 AM to. Upper berth 146.
Szechuan Restaurant lunch near the train station. Food is difficult to eat, although a good service attitude.
Pm - stroll Golmud bar.
- Buy a CD, 36 yuan; to buy fruits and 15 respectively.
- On the train.
Dinner own food.
The evening - sitting in the train chat. Encountered Lama and a South Korean student Gongjue Laudin and talk a good time.
Accommodation on board.
Subtotal 388 ¥.
September 2 (22nd day)
Breakfast comes with food.
AM - 9:47 AM, punctuality to Lanzhou.
- Taxi 7 yuan to go home.
- 22 days of an unforgettable trip is finally over.
Subtotal 7 ¥.
The full cost of total (two): 9665 yuan.
Author: wonderous