Day 35 – From now on being all by my self … making a dream come truth!
By bogaert| I left the hotel straight after breakfast to the airport. Packed as light as possible and with all necessary paperwork in my hands I was ready to leave. It still remains unclear to me why the local government made it so difficult. Probably every reason is good enough to refuse a Tibet Entrance Permit and an Alien Travel Permit. It is known that permits for journalists, politicians, etc. are refused. So, probably they were suspicious about my application, being a group of 1 person (me and I), a European passport, US paperwork, and a business visa. Who knows, who cares: I got the permits! | |
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A 3 hours 15 min flight south-west took me to the roof of the world! Lhasa! It is my first stop and stay for the next three nights. I will use the time to visit Lhasa and surroundings, but also to adapt to the high altitude. The flight was impressive, once passed Chengdu we flew above the Himalayas. It was a continuous changing landscape with massive mountains, glaciers, lakes, and steep valleys. These mountains seemed to continue endless. Awesome! At arrival at the airport all my paperwork was checked, and double-checked. All clear! The weather outside is very nice, and air outside the airport made me breath! A driver was waiting for me and brought me to my hotel in the city. In the city you can smell the burning coal used for heating in the streets. Air is definitely not clean here. I walked a bit around on the main street, but it is indeed somewhat tiresome. As it was getting cold very rapidly I returned to the hotel to rest and update my blogs. From now on I will be all by myself …. I have the feeling that making this dream comes truth is not going to be easy. |
Departure to Lhasa |
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Endless mountains |
Endless mountains |
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Endless mountains |
Landed in Lhasa |
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