Thursday, December 29, 2011

"The Friendship Highway" Cat2222's photos around Shigatse, China (guided tour friendship highway)


Preview of Cat2222's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Shigatse, China Entry Title: "The Friendship Highway" Entry: "Sunday 18th July At 5.30am we packed our tent away and were confronted by some very grumpy people who'd slept (or not, as the case appeared to be) on the truck. We left camp at 6am, had breakfast on the go and drove back the way we came along the bone-shaking road, then headed along the 'Friendship Highway' towards Shigatse. The scenery along the journey was all pretty stunning with green agricultural areas on the plateaus, the occasional snowy peak and the brown/orange/yellow/green/purple Himalayan mountains all around. Not much else to report really, I think I've turned into a bit of a rock geek as on the trek I was attracted by some sparkly gold and silver rocks and on this journey there were some purple rocks in the mountains which I found quite nice too!! I think Adam may have also turned Pimba into a rock freak -- I looked into the cab to see him playing air guitar and drumming the dashboard, it was hilarious!! I don't think he's ever heard rock music before so Adam put a bit of Van Halen on for him!! It's interesting to see the differences in the countries as you go through them -- India was generally grubby with lots of rubbish everywhere, Nepal was a lot cleaner in comparison and Tibet on first impression appears to be ...

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