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No visit to Lhasa and Tibet is complete without visiting the palaces and religious places. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take photos inside most places. But the beauty of these places is etched on our brains forever. Potola Palace This huge palace, dating from 631, is thirteen stories, 90,000 square meters and …
Three days is difficult to assess an entire country (OK, we still think of Tibet as a country versus part of China). We concentrated our time in Tibet around Lhasa, the largest city. We spent our first afternoon and evening in the city on our own, exploring the ancient, bustling center of the Barkhor (old […]
Tibet is a land that sounds so remote, extreme, and exotic. Although it is part of China, one would never know it. Unquestionably, it is… Huge, with more than 463 square miles, tucked between China, India, and Nepal; Has amazingly high altitudes, lying at the crest of the giant Himalayas with dozens of peaks of […]