After so many emails, some stress and several changes to flights we have finally arrived in Tibet - and on our preferred day in the end! We have been knocked for six by the altitude as we have flown in to 3650m directly, but we have a very sweet and informative guide and are staying in comparative luxury after a rash decision back in London to upgrade our Tibetan accommodation for the trip! It's pretty sunny and the fleece and thermals are finally seeing some action.
The flight was fantastic with incredible panoramic views of the tops of snowy mountains (see pictures). Less pleasant was the aeroplane breakfast that we were subjected to this morning - cold congee, tomatoes, pickled egg and preserved radish and even the 'bread roll' did not escape the Chinese treatment, with an unidentifiable and unpleasant red meat-like paste in the centre. We made up for this at lunchtime with a fantastic, hearty Tibetan noodle soup for 40p. Delicious!
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