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      The Tibetan Plateau May-June 2007









Over the Friendship Highway, this road trip started in Kathmandu and ended in Xi'an in China, taking us through Dram (Zhangmu) on the Tibet-Nepal border; Nyalam, Yarle Shung La Pass, Everest base camp, Shigatse, Gyantse, Lhasa, and Namtso Lake in Tibet; followed by Lanzhou and Labrang in Gansu province; and finally onto Xi'an, the ancient capital of China, in Shaanxi province.
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Kathmandu, Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
north to Nepal/Tibet border
Tibetan border town
Nyalam, Tibet
Nyalam
Nyalam
Sakya
Everest
Shigatse, Tibet
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Shigatse
Gyantse township
Gyantse, Tibet
Dzong Fort, Gyantse
Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse
Gyantse Kumbum, Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse
Gyantse Kumbum, Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse
Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse
Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse
Gyantse Kumbum, Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse
Pelkor Chode Monastery, Gyantse
Lhasa, Tibet
Potala Palace
Norbulingka, Lhasa
Norbulingka, Lhasa
Namtso Lake, Tibet
Namtso Lake
Namtso Lake
Namtso Lake
Namtso Lake
Xi'an
Tang dynasty stone carving. Go to Xi'an Beilin Museum, Xi'an, Shaanxi province
Go to Museum of Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an, Shaanxi province
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