Tibet

Tibet, the "roof of the world" is simply full of unspeakable charm! I was very lucky to witness the most spectacular views I've ever seen, namely the solar eclipse and sandstorm. We've visited Lhasa (the capital city), Potala Palace, Tashilhunpo Monastery, Jhekong Palace, Yamdrok Yumtso Lake, Shitgatse and others.

One sunny day, we visited Yamdrok Yumtso Lake. It was a long crawling drive up the mountain. But when you got to see the view, it was all worth it. It was the most breathtakingly beautiful lake that I've ever seen.

On our way down, we experienced sandstorm and while we visited the mill where the Tibetans make their joss sticks, all of a sudden hails started falling out of nowhere! All these happened in a couple of hours. It is not uncommon that you experience 4 seasons in one day in Tibet. Weather is totally unpredictable!

As we continued our journey to Shitgatse which was about 4 hours drive from Lhasa, guess what, our bus broke down near a cliff! That was around 6pm where all the passengers were stranded. The tour guide left us to ask for help, then later the driver left us too!

Some guy from Hong Kong got agitated by the situation and said that it could have been a plot set up by them, they might get someone to rob us. We were all worried. My four brave male friends went down to the river within walking distance to buy some fish to eat for dinner. Apparently, the river is where the Tibetans have their water burial when they die. Eeeewwwwwww but my friends were too hungry that they couldn't be bothered.

We were just hungry waiting for our driver and tour guide to come back. Luckily, the sky didn't turn dark unitl 10 at night. When I looked up, the sky was filled with beautiful starts. That must have been the most starry sky that I've ever seen at night! The view was simply amazing!

Around 11pm, our rescuers finally came with another bus which was in an even worst condition that we had. It was already half full so when all of us squeezed into the bus, some of us had to stand to get to Shigatse which was another 2 hours drive from where we were stranded. When we got to our destination, it was past 1am and only then we had our dinner for the day.

I must say the day was very eventful but surely was the most memorable trip that I had and enjoyed every moment of it!