(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 16-09-2014 - Tuesday Todays agenda was a bus trip to Everest with seven of us planning to cycle back. The weather was promising at our campsite but we were several hours away from the mountain. The ride to Everest had been
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 15-09-2014 - Monday We left New Tingri headed for (old?) Tingri, about 60 km away. The cycling was excellent, down a gently sloping valley with stunning views. You could have stopped every 100m to take a photo as the constantly changing
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 14-09-2014 - Sunday Todays pass, Lhakpa La, was a real challenge. Starting at 4100m it rose continuously to 5240m. Unlike the earlier passes it was more like a NZ one going straight up a river valley with some steeper gradients, rather
Cycling
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 13-09-2014 - Saturday Although only about 60km to cover we had the Simi La pass to climb today. It was only 4525m max and the road was mostly good. From camp there was about a 10km gradual climb before the real
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 12-09-2014 - Friday Rapid Rob’s glued Tibetan mudguard was still holding up and a bit of mud finally gave it a used look. I haven’t had any mechanical problems to date (other than the broken guard I caused!). The
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 11-09-2014 - Thursday Today we awoke to 6ºc and rain. Glad it was a hotel night as camping would have been miserable. Also glad not to be riding: a leisurely breakfast, Monastery tour and sightseeing were the only things on the
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 10-09-2014 - Wednesday First thought: It's 95km but flat'ish and after a good night's sleep in a hotel bed! See what I think about that later! Later: It was as written up in the notes
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 09-09-2014 - Tuesday It was fine but cold when we started riding so I had my rain shell on as a wind break. After a run along the lake the climb up above the dam was a bit of an effort
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 08-09-2014 - Monday In the morning at we watched a local shepherd study us eating breakfast. We'd camped near his regular morning route to water the sheep & goats. Was amazing to watch him hand stitching a shoe soul
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 07-09-2014 - Sunday It was nice to be woken up with a hot drink, a morning ritual. The weather was fine so we had an Al fresco Breakfast (photo by Helen). There was an option of cereal/muesli or nice (not
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 06-09-2014 - Saturday After packing our luggage into the bus at the Yak Hotel we rode along the main street for a group photo outside the Potala (must get got that shot, thanks Kirsten!). (L to R) Ollie, Paula, Me (behind)
(A mix of travel notes and comments added later) 02-09-2014 - Tuesday – Arriving in Lhasa The flight was great with only minimal turbulence in a thin cloud layer on ascent and descent. From the lush green hills and swollen muddy rivers of Nepal we climbed to the true alpine plateau
