Tibet: Along the Friendship Highway Tingri/Everest Part1

My Tibet video had to be devided into 5 parts due to the length restriction on youtube. Parts 1-5 desribe the following trip:

For my second trip to Tibet in August 2006, I entered Tibet from Nepal to go all the 1.000km to Lhasa by Jeep. The typical route went from Kathmandu to the bordertown Kodari with getting stopped by the Maoists once - but because of the ongoing talks withe the democratic parties, the rebells just asked for a "goodwill" donation. When you reach the border, you have to walk over the Friendship bridge to the Chinese side to do the paper work while your baggage gets smoked with bug-killer. Ok, and on the road again from Zhangmu over passes above 5.000m past Tingri (where you get a glimpse on the Everest), Shigatse, Gyantse all the way to Lhasa. There are heavy roadconstructions going on at the moment (that was in 2006!)- which blocked our way, let us wait for hours or take the worst detours possible, earning a flat tire and a broken axle of one jeep. But that is part of the game and makes Tibet still to an adventure. In a few month you will fly by with full speed on a fancy highway (that really deserves the name highway - compared to the path I saw;-), just like at home. Thats not my illusion of Tibet, I prefer the rough paths of the past - but modernization finds its way. There are many beautiful places on the way, shown in the following parts 2-5.

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• Tibet
• Tingri
• Shigatse
• Qomolangma
• Mt
• Everest
• TongLa
• LaLungLa
• Pass
• Friendship
• highway
• China

[rajputking]

ich liebe eure videos! so ne reise moechte ich auch mal irgednwann unternehmen..:)

[popcatepetl2]

Nichts einfacher als das: einfach rucksack packen uns los!

[msplow]

Amazing video, thanks for posting.

[dgarcia7158]

Gorgeous as usual for your videos. Loved the solar heated tea kettle.