Palace grounds

We passed the palace grounds before reaching the steps up to the palace.

The following are the places that we have been together since 2001

2001
June Beijing, Chengde & Tianjin

2002
May Shanghai

2003
Sept France (Paris, Normandy & Brittany)

2004
June Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice & Pisa)
July Perth
Dec Kunming

2005
May Yangon
Oct Greece (Athens & Mainland)
Nov Bangkok

2006
March Siem Reap
May Tioman Island
June Japan (Tokyo & Osaka)
August Club Med, Bintan Island
Sept Melaka
Oct Russia (Moscow & St Petersburg)

2007
May Turkey
Oct Kuala Lumpur
Nov Egypt (Cairo, Luxor & Aswan)

2008
May Desaru
June Sentosa Island
Nov Prague & Budapest
Dec Hong Kong

2009
April Sedili
Sept Xian
Nov South Korea
Dec Taiwan

2010
Sept Kunming, Dali, Lijiang & Shangrila
Nov Gold Coast & Sydney

2011
August Solo & Jogjakarta
Sept Penang
Dec Hanoi

2012
April Jordan
August Silk Road, China
Nov London & Cambridge

2013
August London & Italy (Rome, Assisi, Orvieto, Pompeii, Naples & Sorrento)

2014
June Tokyo & Nikko

2015
June Athens, Mykonos & Santorini
September London & Exeter

2017
Jan London, Paris, Shrewsbury & Liverpool
August Osaka & Kyoto

2018
Feb  Delhi, Agra & Jaipur
July London, Belgium, Exeter & Cornwall
Nov Morocco

2019
April Spain
July London, Wales & York

2020

Covid-19

2021

Covid-19

2022

Oct London, Italy, Oxford & Cotswolds

2023

Jan Egypt (Cairo, Minya, Sohag & Luxor)

April Switzerland

Oct Bali

2024

Jan London, Paris, Holland & Provence

April Bavaria, Germany

July Sihanoukville

Sept Tibet

Nov Japan

Potala Palace Square

It is a large square in the centre of Lhasa completed in 1995. It is directly in front of the Potala Palce and provides the best view of the palace.

Monument to the peaceful Liberation of Tibet

The Viewing Platform of Jag Pori

This viewing platform is so packed with people and it does not provide a good view of the palace. 

Xin Ding Hotel

We went back to the hotel after dinner. We had breakfast in the hotel and visited Potola Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway 青藏铁路

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway covers a distance of 1,956 km from Xining to Lhasa. It is the first railway line in Tibet. It has over 960 km of the line above 4000 m above sea level making it the highest railway line in  the world. The section between Xining and Golmud was built between 1958 and 1984. The section from Golmud to Lhasa began in 2001 and was completed in 2006. The highest point is at Tanggula Pass at 5,072 m and the Tanggula Railway Station is the highest staion in the world at 5,068 m. The 1,038 m long Fenghuoshan Tunnel is the highest rail tunnel in the world at 4,905 m.

Waking up in the morning

Oxygen level was getting lower

Our breakfast

The fattened oat krunch

My lunch

I ran out for a photo when the train made a brief stop

Lhasa Station, after 20.5 hours