Lhasa - december 9, 2006
on the one hour flight from kathmandu to lhasa this morning, i was blessed by incredible views of everest, from just about all angles (hi rod!!). that was an unexpected treat.
i'm adjusting to the altitude (approximately 3600m). we ascend to 5000m to visit the village of the child haven home. i'm not sure when that's happening, but i've given up trying to understand why, when and how things happen. they just do. somehow.
we're staying at the Snowland Hotel near the heart of old lhasa, though the influence of the chinese presence is everywhere, with new buildings and roads. the profusion of shops and hawkers is incomprehensible, but there's a different feel to this city, with it's wide, clean streets, than there is to kathmandu. it's much more at ease. we're very close to the Jokhang Temple, sometimes called the "spiritual centre of Tibet". (if i could get wikipedia to work, i'd link that, but this connection is very dodgy.)
i'm off to rest. just a quick note to say hello from Tibet.
i'm adjusting to the altitude (approximately 3600m). we ascend to 5000m to visit the village of the child haven home. i'm not sure when that's happening, but i've given up trying to understand why, when and how things happen. they just do. somehow.
we're staying at the Snowland Hotel near the heart of old lhasa, though the influence of the chinese presence is everywhere, with new buildings and roads. the profusion of shops and hawkers is incomprehensible, but there's a different feel to this city, with it's wide, clean streets, than there is to kathmandu. it's much more at ease. we're very close to the Jokhang Temple, sometimes called the "spiritual centre of Tibet". (if i could get wikipedia to work, i'd link that, but this connection is very dodgy.)
i'm off to rest. just a quick note to say hello from Tibet.
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3:45 a.m.
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