Last day in Tibet

Today is the last day in Tibet. We have been to Gyantse, which is a little town and we visited the Kumbum Stupa which is 32 m high and holds 100,000 images of Buddha.


Kumbum Stupa

We saw lot of pray wheels that you move around by spinning them clock wise and it is to send prays to the sky.



Pray Wheels at the Kumbum Stupa
We also saw Gyantse Fort. This was in the centre of town. It was built on a massive rock. I found the traffic light in the middle of the city was very interesting. See picture.


The traffic light in the middle of town

Local travel is done by either horse and wagon, or motorcycle or walking. They are a few cars and other automobiles.


Local way of travelling



The scencey is beautiful from the top of the Fort. We also went to Shigatse which is Tibet's three largest city. It runs along side the Yarlung Tsangpo river passing through many narrow gorges. We went to Sakya and saw another monestary and found some happening night life.



Sakya Monestary



Jeu which is the other girl on the trip with me and the boys did a solo of a song from the Sound of Music. We had a good time.



Jeu singing at the happening night place in Sakya, Tibet


Then we entered Qomolngma National Nuatre preserve which is the area we first saw the various mountains including Everst.



Mount Everest

We saw Mount Makalu at 8463 m, Mt. Lhotse at 8516 m, Mt. Qomolangma (Mount Everst) at 8844.43 m, Mt. Cho Oyu at 8201 m and Mt. XiXiaBangMa at 8012 m. The view was incredible.



Mount Everest



The group at Mount Everest




Me at Mount Everest Base Camp




On the 30th we stayed in a traditonal guest house in Tibet. It was called Everest Rabar Guest House and Resaurant.



Everest Rabar Guest House and Resaurant

The Resuarant was down stairs and we had to climb a mental staircase to get upstair to the bedrooms. No heat and no running water was available, I was glad that I had my sleeping bag. We drove over a pass at 5200 m that was in Qomlagma Nature Preserve.



The group at the last pass of Tibet!!

The views of the mountains were amazing but not as amazing as being at Mount Everest base camp. It is amazing to believe that people could climb that mountain. We stopped in a little town and then had lunch and then drove for about an hour through developing roads and saw some amazing waterfalls as we are going down in elevation.



The beautiful waterfalls at lower elevations in Tibet.




Last night in Tibet.. I cannot believe it is almost over!!


Tomorrow we cross the border into Nepal.