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Newtrip · 17-03-2009

I was fond of visiting Tibet as considering one of my most important activity in my life. So finally I have achieved my goal with the guidance under the TIBETTRAVEL.ORG in Chengdu china. I have made my tour contact with TIBETTRAVEL.ORG and one of their staff called Tony had arranged everything throughout my Tibet trip. He had booked a hotel in advance and also he himself came to chengdu Airport to recieve me with face full of smiles. He along with driver sent me to the reserved hotel with very willing heart.

He have arrange a local chengdu tour guide to visit Gaint Panda research centre and there I have a excellent impression with lovely cute Pandas. I have took so many pictures with Panda and also with my guide. Then its around 7:30 pm, I was relaxing and reading my Lonely planet guide book, suddenly I have heard a knoking sound and I haven't expect that Tony will come to my hotel to give me the Tibet permit!!

I have reached to Lhasa airport after two and half hours where a strong blacked skin guy raising my name on a piece of paper with a clear black bold computer printed with face full of smiles exectly my Tibetan tour guide Passang Tsering!!! He have put white scarf on my neck and says Tashi Delek to me. At that time I have realise that Tibetan people are very kind, tender in nature. Then passang along with Tibetan driver had sent me back to my reserved hotel. Then I along with my tour guide have discuss my itinerary for about fifteen minutes in the lobby. After that I went back to my room and I feel very excited to that at that I couldnot sleep well at that night. I was keep thing that what kind of things that I can see inside Poatala palace!!!

Next day Passang along with driver Dawa came to the hotel and we visited amazing Potala palace in morning section. But I was little bit disappioted because we have only one hour to visit the giant Potala palace and I felt that its not like what I have expect for! But its rule for the visitors and we cannot do anything on the spot rather than leaving Poatala peacefully. Then afternoon section we went to Jokhang and have there have enough time to visit each and every chapels. In Jokhang, the most interesting thing is that a sacred “Goat head” in Jampa chapel which is said to “self-arisen” that is not artificial. After finishing Jokhang, we went to explore the Barkhor street where I have seen so many beautiful ethnic dress, thunderbolt, portieres dicoraated with full of eight Auspecious signs, cowboy hats, beautiful Tibetan style earrings etc.my tour guide took me to place called “Thomsaikhang” centre for selling some basics things like utensils, Vegetables, Tibetan air dried yak meat, unique hard Tibetan style cheeses and so on…

Then we made our journey to Gyantse where on the way I was in contact with the beautiful Turquoise lake which has a scorpion shape. We had taken our lunch at Nakartse(small dusty chinese style town) is largest town around the Lake. Then about one and half hours away from the town,sudenly Passang suddenly call my name and said to me, hey! This is famous “Nyenchenkangsar glacier where General Younghusband troop and Tibetan troops clash in 1904. So I ask driver to stop here and took so many beautiful photos for memories. Then after two hours later we had reached in Gyantse and we missw to visit Kubum monastery at that day due to I have stop too long at the Lake shore and around the glacier. Next morning Passang had take me to the Kubum monastery where a superb many doored stupa stand there!

Then we drived towards Shigatse for visiting Tashi Lhunpo monastery and reached there in the afternoon. We have take our lunch in Songtsen restaurant where we ate Indian foods. Then started visiting monastery. Inside the monastery, passang had described me everything in very detail way. I have the worlds largest Jampa statues and different tombs from sixth to tenth Penchen lama. The tombs are made mainly from Gold and silver decorated with Turquoise, pearl, ruby, agate etc..after that Passang had take me to the monastery Kora(circuit) and also Tibetan market in Shigatse. We had spent a night in Wutse hotel in Shigatse. Then we had came back in Lhasa airport and flew back to chengdu.

I have superb tour in Tibet with guidance under Tibet Travel.org and also I wish to meet again kind good civilised Tibetan peoples.