Wear your passport, come back to hotel before dark and do not take a photo of a policeman. These were the hot tips of our guide mr. Pesci after our first walk in Lhasa center soon after arrival to this city of gods, located in altitude of 3600m. The excitement of reaching Tibet (after having had a huge hassle with getting the entry permits) and thin air together knocked me off to bed way before sunset on the first day although we just had chilled out 44 hours in train.
No time for laziness. During the weekend mr. Pesci took us to four incredible Budhism monastarys, including of course Putala, which nowadays is protected by Unesco WHL and was Dalai Lama's home before the poor guy was pushed to escape Tibet bit more than 50 years ago. The Stupas/ Tombs of previous Dalai Lamas were really interesting to seee and a päräyttävä experience to sense. Though we were practically the only non-Chinese people in the monastarys, we did not have to be alone. Since Tibetian new year is coming next week, loads of Tibetians have gathered to Lhasa and are of course getting their bleasing from Budha by visiting the chapels. mr, Pesci shared such a great amount of Information about history of Tibet and Budhism that in order to get it all I have to refresh my memory with Couple of study sessions later on...
Lhasa is beautiful in the mornings. A sign of afternoon is that all people take their dust masks out of the pockets. Funny how the same phenomenon happens every day. My weapon against pollution is the thought that in less than three months I'll be breathing world's most fresh air again..hahaha. . So fast goes time and almost one month of ttavelling is behind.
The weekend taught me also facts about life of a celebrity. People stare, wawe, shout funny things at me! I find it nice posing in groupp photos with random folks! Hey wait, maybe I'm not famous after all. I just look Kinda different here...
Lhasa bottom2: pollution & small confusion about all the Lamas
Lhasa top2: Yak momos (dunplings filled with the meat hunted very near) & hanging arround in tea houses and drinking local sweet Tea with Tibetian dudes
Lhasa was bit too exciting for VIP-observatuons, but I promise to post a few photos if I find a proper computer from Nepal. But before that, next stop: Himalaya! Ayeiuuuuiiiii!!!
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First momnts in Tibet
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