Lhatse to New Tingri

Harmonious Lazi (Lhatse) Welcomes You!	Lhatse (La Zi)	Lhatse Tibetan Farmer's Hotel	Unless you're at Tibetan Farmer, don't stay here! Disgusting toilet...
Lhatse, Tibet	Friendship Highway as Main Street, Lhatse	New Chinese gate in the center of Lhatse	Lunch stop at Lhatse Kitchen
Tourist restaurant Lhatse Kitchen	Lhatse Kitchen	The new building where Lhatse Kitchen is	Chinese flag in the park in front of Lhatse Kitchen
I was annoyed at the guide and driver for taking so long at lunch after rushing me out of Sakya!!!	Wandering around Lhatse waiting for the guide and driver	Lhatse's Main Street	Kid in Lhatse
"Tractor Trailer"	Lhatse	Small monastery at the west end of Lhatse	Valley west of Lhatse
The road to Ngari splits off to the north from the Friendship Highway km 5058	The Friendship Highway passing through a narrow river valley southwest of Lhatse	Valley southwest of Lhatse	The road starts to climb towards Gyatso-la Pass
The road from Lhatse to Gyatso-la Pass	Climbing towards Gyatso-la Pass	Tibetan school kids in the back of a truck	Friendship Highway southwest of Lhatse
Ruins used as shelter from the wind for nomad tents	The newly paved road is already damaged...	Tent of the Chinese road crew along the Friendship Highway	Valley between Lhatse and Gyatso-la Pass
Stone enclosures for livestock in the highlands	Snow capped peak comes into view	Gyatso-la Pass 5220m (17,125 ft)	Gyatso-la Pass marks the boundary to Qomolangma National Nature Preserve
Prayer flags, Gyatso-la Pass	You Are Entering Qomolangma National Nature Preserve, Gyatso-la Pass 5220m (17,125 ft)	Qomolangma is the Tibetan name for Mt Everest and teh Nature Preserve covers 27,000 sqare km	Intrepid souvenir seller next to a marker proclaiming an elevation of 5248m (17,217 ft)
The snow covered peak of Mount Bula Ri 6320m (20,743 ft)	Gyanto-la Pass marks the county border between Shigatse and Tingri	Gyantso-la Pass	KM1? Gyanto-la Pass
It's so cold and windy here at over 17,000 feet I don't want to linger	The Friendship Highway continues its journey to the southwest towards New Tingri and Shegar	Qomolangma National Nature Preserve, Tibet	Descending from Gyantso-la Pass
Rocky valley	Friendship Highway southwest of Gyantso-la Pass	This water will enter Nepal east of Mt Everest in the Arun River, a major tributary of the Ganges	Gyantso-la Pass southwest to Shegar and New Tingri
Gyantso-la Pass southwest to Shegar and New Tingri	Gyantso-la Pass southwest to Shegar and New Tingri	The first view of Mt Everest appears, Friendship Highway km 5114	The carts pulled by the horses can be split off from the front wheels
Village along the Friendship Highway	Village along the Friendship Highway	Sign pointing to Mt Everest Base Camp, Friendship Highway	Distant view of Mt Everest, the world's tallest mountain 8848m (29,029 ft)
Roadsign for Mt Everest Base Camp, Tibet	Horse cart with Mt Everest in the background	My Tibet guide, Lamu	Me, Everest Base Camp, almost...
Mount Everest, about 85 km away	River on its journey to the Bay of Bengal via the Arun River of Nepal and the Ganges	Deeply eroded hillside	Riverside nunnery at km 5124 with the ruins of a mountaintop fortress
Nunnery at Friendship Highway km 5124	Fortress ruins at Friendship Highway km 5124	Fortress ruins 9 km northeast of New Tingri (N28.7128/E87.211)	Riverside nunnery and fortress ruins at km 5124
Hillside ruins and caves near Qiabu village, km 5127	Hillside ruins and caves near Qiabu village, km 5127	Nearing New Tingri from Lhatse	Village along the Friendship Highway just before New Tingri (N28.691/E87.189)
Entering New Tingri, a town born of tourism to Mt Everest	Snow Mountain Tibetan Meal, New Tingri	New Tingri	New Tingri
New Tingri	Restaurant in New Tingri	Qomolangma Service Center, New Tingri	Tourist Service Center, New Tingri
New Tingri	New Tingri	Small Tibetan restaurant in New Tingri	Nice Noodles and Lhasa Beer
Early morning start from the Qomolangma Hotel, New Tingri