Everest - Old Tingri

An early morning departure from Rongphu for the Nepal border via Old Tingri	The origial road to Everest Base Camp from Old Tingri	Track to Old Tingri	This is pretty much the only leg of the journey that it was best to have a Land Cruiser
Stream with the very tip of Cho Oyu in the distance	Water destined for the Ganges	Stream flowing down from the high Himalaya	The road from Everest Base Camp to Old Tingri
Some of the Australian bikers we had seen at Base Camp yesterday	Big black yak	Yak	Yak
Yak	Yak alongside the road from Everest Base Camp to Old Tingri	Cyclists headed for Nepal	Rough road to Old Tingri
Road from Everest Base Camp to Old Tingri	Village ahead	The first village on the road to Old Tingri from Everest	The first village on the road to Old Tingri from Everest
Road from Everest Base Camp to Old Tingri	More grazing yaks	Road from Everest Base Camp to Old Tingri	Road from Everest Base Camp to Old Tingri
The road descends to another small valley	Snow covered Himalayan peaks south of the road to Old Tingri	Break time on the Old Tingri track	Rabbit
Road from Everest Base Camp to Old Tingri	Jowo Rabtsang 7666m (25,150ft) N28.053/E86.553)	Lapche Kang massif, Tibet Himalaya (N28.332/E086.444)	A group of German tourists climbing up to a lookout point
21,760 ft peaks with glacier east of Lapche Kang (N28.332/E086.444)	Lapche Kang massif, Tibet	The road descending for the large plain south of Old Tingri	Yak with saddle in a village south of Old Tingri
Yaks saddled up in a village south of Old Tingri	The flat valley south of Old Tingri	Shrine on the road to Old Tingri	Rams butting heads, Tibet
Rams fighting	Looking south across the vast plain at Old Tingri to Cho Oyu and the high Himalaya	Jowo Rabtsang 7666m (25,150ft) N28.053/E86.553)	Summit of Cho Oyu (8201m / 26,906ft) Tibet
Gyachung Kang (7952m / 26,089ft) east of Cho Oyu	Tibetan village, Tingri valley	A small monastery below a ruined fortress, Tingri valley	Yak and small monastery
Small monastery south of Old Tingri	Rejoining the Friendship Highway at Old Tingri	While the driver got the flat tire repaired, the guide and I walked around town	Tire shop, Old Tingri
Horses parked along the road, Old Tingri	Tibetan shop, Old Tingri	The road to Mt Everest from Old Tingri	Old Tingri looking west
Climbing the hill at Old Tingri	Sheep grazing on the hill at Old Tingri with the Lapchi Gang ri (7282m / 23,891ft) and Lapche Kang (7367m / 24,169 ft)	Cho Oyu (8021m / 26,906ft) and Nangpai Gosum (7351m / 24,117ft)	View to the southwest of Old Tingri
View to the southeast of Old Tingri with Mt Everest and Cho Oyu	Mt Everest from Old Tingri	Gyachung Kang (7952m / 26,089ft) from Old Tingri	Summit of Cho Oyu (8021m / 26,906ft) from Old Tingri
Nangpai Gosum (7351m / 24,117ft) from Old Tingri	Jowo Rabtsang 7666m (25,150ft) from Old Tingri	Cho Oyu and the high Himalaya from Old Tingri	New Chinese monument at Old Tingri
Qomolangma Nature Preserve, Old Tingri	Hilltop temple at Old Tingri	Hilltop temple at Old Tingri	Hilltop temple at Old Tingri
Hilltop temple at Old Tingri	Qomolangma Nature Preserve - "Our Natureal Resources are Limited and Must Be Protected and Respected"	West end of Old Tingri	Thingri Snow Land Hotel - lunch stop
Restaurant of Thingri Snow Land Hotel	Preparing lunch in the kitchen	Guesrooms, Tingri Snow Land Hotel	"Traditional Tibetan Toilet"
Old Tingri	Tibetan nomad tents outside Old Tingri	Tibetan nomad tents outside Old Tingri	Tibetan nomad tents outside Old Tingri