The China Tibet Train Story - Part 6 New Tingri

We arrived in a town called New Tingri in the late afternoon. It was a small town and the last stop before the Mt. Everest base camp. I didn’t know how many people were living there, but it was definitely less than the barking dogs who kept us awake all night long.

The China Tibet Train Story - Part 5 Road Trip

The China Tibet Train Story - Part 5 Road Trip

All started about 5 days ago, when our Tibetan guide and our driver picked us up in front of the Hotel. We packed our bag, put our gear in the trunk of a black Toyota Land cruiser, everyone seemed to drive up here, and drove off.

The first stop on our literary was Lake Gyantse. It was actually a very nice spot, but despite the horde of wild Chinese tourists who took pictures like crazy and a 40 Yuan fee just to go out of the car rated the whole thing down.

The second stop was in a small town called Gyantse. We checked into a hotel and spend the night there.

After the check-in we walked around the old city. The small path next to the houses was doted with cows and stray dogs and the still water in front of the old houses seemed to be the perfect herd for all kind of bacteria.

The next day was a two hour drive from Gyantse to the Sakya Monastery. It was a small detour, but we managed to get there for lunch. The guide took us on a tour, to an old monastery and for an extra 10 Yuan we cold see the secret ‘wall of scripts’.

A few hours later we arrived in Shigatse, a town mostly controlled by the Chinese.

It had the first pedestrian zone, I have ever seen, who was not actually built for the pedestrians rather for cars and trucks.

There was a nice walking course along the city, up a hill that was covered with prayer flags and prayer wheels along the way.

On our way back we had lunch at a restaurant called 3 eyes. It wasn’t the best Yak burger I ever had and the stuff was anything else but friendly, but hey, I don’t know how many tourists they put trough a day. I guess they just had enough from the napping and complaining tourists.