Hello again everyone, you find be back in Kathmandu once again after a truly amazing 8 day tour of Tibet! I've learnt so much about an amazing country and seen some incredible things. So let's get started!
Our first day of our Tibet tour was mostly driving. We left the Utse at 6:30 in the morning and drove the four hours to the border. On the way we had a quick break to watch the bungee jumpers at "The Last Resort" bridge, looked pretty amazing!
"The last resort" bridge
Ollie enjoys the view
Crossing the border into Tibet via the "Friendship Bridge" proved to be painless, although we had to eat Laura and Sophie's stash of 28 bananas in under 5 minutes as we weren't allowed to bring them through customs!
A quick note for you, Tibet is currently occupied by China (highly controversially) so we had to go through Chinese immigration to pass into Tibet (more on this story as we go on).
Our Tibetan guide, Norbu, smoothed the process along nicely and before long we were across. A short drive up the side of a gorge (which separates Nepal and China) we reached our stop for the night. After a quick lunch we transferred to the Hotel, very basic with shared bathrooms (and no separate gents and ladies toilets! - Men and Women are equal in Tibetan society so they don't have separate toilets) and a little bit of damp on the walls. No worries though, it was only for one night.
After settling in we took a walk through town to stretch our legs. There seemed to be a police station every two corners we turned, seemed a bit over the top for such a small town I thought. Over dinner Norbu gave us a quick overview of Tibetan history and explained prayer flags to us. Soon it was off to bed before a half day drive to our next stop.
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