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from lhasa to kathmandu
7 days on the road from lhasa to gyantse, shigatse, sakya, tingri, lhatse - and the most impressive overnight stop: mount everest base camp, at 5'200 m amsl

 on the way to shigatse  yamdrok-tso lake  justine, udeni, carmen & me with our tibetan driver  tibetan way to get rid of chicken feathers - sad that the chicken is put in alive!  little desert on the way to shigatse  shigatse dzong, once the residence of the kings  on top of shigatse dzong  old town of shigatse  on top of shigatse dzong  inside shigatse dzong  view from top of shigatse dzong  shigatse dzong which looks like a smaller version of potala  tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  inside tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  inside tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  inside tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  on the way to sakya  novice monks at tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  novice monks at tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  modern monks at tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse  shigatse  drying cowpats on the house wall as it's cheaper then firewood!  traditional sakya houses, each with it's own pile of dried cowpats...  around sakya  around sakya  around sakya  around sakya  the monastic town of sakya  on the road to old tingri  on the road to old tingri  offroad with our tibetan driver  on the way up to everst base camp  mount everest, with 8'850m the highest mountain of the world!  close to mount everest base camp  strange little fellow around mount everest base camp  some deers around mount everet base camp  above mount everest base camp, on about 5'500 amsl  everest base camp, 5'200 amsl  our tent for the night @ everest base camp  justine, udeni, carmen & me in our luxury tent @ everest base camp  tent owner at everest base camp  magic mount everest  mount everest in the early morning  the stunning north face of mount everest  on the way to nyalam  on the way to nyalam  little car break down on the way to nyalam  tong la pass at 5'200 m amsl  tong la pass at 5'200 m amsl  flooded road on the drop from the tibetan plateau down to nepal  zhangmu, the last tibetan town before nepal