Shigatse to Lhatse over Tropu-la Pass (4950m)

Continuing Westbound on the Friendship Highway	Kangchen Monastery, km 4936	Kangchen Monastery, a short distance off the Friendship Highway	Farmers busy with the harvest at a village along the Friendship Highway
Yaks grazing along the road	Shaggy gray yaks	Yaks grazing along the Friendship Highway	Yaks
Yaks	Big black yak with red earrings	Yak	Our ancient Land Cruiser
Friendship Highway west of Shigatse around km 4952	Slow moving traffic can be dangerous	4x4 rammed into the back of a slow moving tractor - Don't need seatbelts in Tibet ... I don't think so!	Recovery crew trying to work out how to get the tractor out of the ditch
Friendshipi Highway km 4954	Ruins of a fort on a hill above Gyading (Jiding) Tibet	Gyading (Jiding) Tibet - km 4960	Fortress ruins above Gyading (Jiding) N29.21/E88.35
Friendship Highway km 4961 - Gyading (Jiding) west	Roadside village west of Gyading	Ra-chu River, Tibet	Lepu (Liuxiang) N29.17/E88.18
Lepu (Liuxiang) N29.17/E88.18	View north to a distance village from Friendship Highway km 4984	Tibetan village (N29.17/E88.16)	Friendship Highway westbound for Lhatse
Friendship Highway westbound for Lhatse	Tibetan driving...gotta love it...	Tibetan village around km 4997 on the Friendship Highway	Deteriorating chörten (stupa) km 4998
Chörten (stupa) N29.158643/E88.049944)	Friendship Highway km 4999	Arriving at the village at the 5000 km point	5000 km marker on the Friendship Highway (N29.142/E88.041)
Friendship HIghway from Shanghai to Nepal - 5000 km marker	Small temple and fortress ruins at the 5000km village	5000 km village	Tibetan woman at the 5000 km village
Walking west along the Friendship Highway from the km 5000 marker	Fortress ruins on a hilltop along the Friendship Highway	The Land Cruiser coming to fetch me from my leg stretching walk	Roadside village of whitewashed Tibetan houses
Work crew carrying some kind of piping	Friendship Highway approaching the Tropu-la Pass	Friendship Highway climbing the Tropu-la Pass	Looking back to the east where we came from
Dutch cyclists on the Friendship Highway climbing the Tropu-la Pass	Friendship Highway crossing Tropu-la Pass at 4950m	Prayer flags, Tropu-la Pass	Tropu-la Pass 4950m (16,240 ft) - I've also found the name Yulung-la
Prayer flags in the strong wind, Tropu-la Pass	View from Tropu-la Pass	Road construction on the Friendship Highway over Tropu-la Paa km 5014	Friendship Highway descending Tropu-la Pass to the west
We're going to make the detour to Sakya Monastery 24 km prior to Lhatse	Working donkeys on the Friendship Highway