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Tibet (Last 7 Days by Jeep)

The kimchee crew (Yunim, Jaeim, EunHwa, Wonsoo, & driver Tring)
and me
Holy Yak
'Uhhh...Ohhh...'
'Whooooooa'
Yamdrok Tso (1 of 2)
Yamdrok Tso (2 of 2)
'How 'bout some kimchee?' (lunch break)
Passed out
'...just can't wait to get on the road again...'
On our way to Gyantse...


Folks
Emerald Bay
Closer
Further Along

Climbing Down


Rock Pile
Looking South

Palcho Monestary (Gyantse)
Rooftop bells

Kumbum Pagoda (10,000 buddas)
'Stop...'
'If you want photo you must pay...'
'Ok... Carry on'
Posers in the door
Door detail
Up the hill from the pagoda
A rough climb up
Monestary wall
Looking down on Gyantse
From the top
Sunset over Gyantse (a day to remember)
Day 2 - Goodbye Gyantse (on the road to Shigatse)
The first flat
Shigatse horse
A lazy day for the crew and a sick in bed day for me
Day 3 - On our way to Sheggar...
and riding like the wind
The pseudo-Sheggar trucker hotel
The restless dogs of the night before, resting
Day 4 - On the road to Everest
The Everest permit non-checkpoint
'The pass'
Tents in the valley...
and a small town on the way (enter 2 more Koreans)
Locals


and the town horse
A festive occasion

Typical residence
Door detail
Mt. Everest (first sighting)
After a long day on the road we arrive at Rongbu Monestary
With an excellent view of Everest


On our way to Base Camp
View from Base Camp
Everest in the evening
Day 5 - A long hard hike
back to Base Camp
Too tempting
Liquid Courage
and past...
Rough Conditions (6000m, -10c, 20mph head winds)
Just me and a friend
Moon over the mountains (on our way to Tingri)
Day 6 - Tingri
Partners in crime
Sand castles on the way to Nyalam...
and the Himilayas on the horizon
Just a village
and another in a ravine
Closer
The kimchee crew poses
Welcome to Nyalam...
where a Pabst Blue Ribbon night was spent at the less then raging Nyalam Song and Dance Hall
Leaving the one road town...
on the 'Friendship Highway' to Nepal
Heavenly hot springs enroute...


alongside 'Friendship River'
After 7 days we finally reach the border town of Zangmu
Crowded with Indian and Chinese 'lauries'
The dividing line between Tibet and Nepal
Hiking 'no man's land' with the locals (sandals and sacks of potatoes)
Goodbye China...
Average Joe