My Photo Album Tibet Tour April/May 2001

Section 4: From Lhasa to Mt. Everest
 

source: CIA map of the Chinese-Indian border , available from the University of Texas at Austin
(link to detailed map)

The Friendship Highway, which connects Lhasa with Kathmandu in Nepal through the Tibetan province Tsang, is the most interesting route in Tibet with major attractions in Gyantse [3], Shigatse [4] and Sakya [6]. The road crosses several high mountain passes: Kamba-la [1] (4794 m), Karo-la [2] (5045 m), Yulung-la [5] (4950 m), Gyatso-la [7] (5220 m) and Pang-la [8] (5120 m).

 

 


Traditional and modern transportation
A Tibetan woman is waiting on the Caro-la pass for customers to ride her Yak. Behind are our two Toyota 4-wheel-drive Land Cruisers.
 

Gyantse Kumbum Gyantse (3950 m), a small village in the Nyang Chu valley south-west of Lhasa, contains several sights from the 14th and 15th century. One of them is the Gyantse Kumbum, a massive chörten temple with a gold dome.

  

 


Car repair at 5000 m
The photo shows our Land Cruiser during a repair stop on the Pang-la pass. In the background already the Himalaya peaks Makalu and Everest (left side) and Cho Oyu (right side).  

 

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