Lhasa
Is this Tibet or China? Depends on who you talk to.........
06.06.2009 - 08.06.2009
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Once we finally made it to Lhasa things settled down for everyone. The members of our tour group finally adjusted to the altitude. As for me, my headaches, insomnia and digestive issues finally went away. I could sleep and my appetite was back. One of the members of the group got really sick. Coleen from England had the beginnings of fluid build-up on her lungs. It was really frightening. Even more frightening was the hospital visit for her. The conditions were appalling and the doctors were more concerned about her having H1N1. Holy cow......batgirl! Anyhoo, things got straightened-out and Coleen received some diuretics that helped tremendously.
Once in Lhasa, we made the rounds to the temples and monasteries (sp?). For three days it was nothing but...... I was Buddha'd out.
I had two interesting encounters with Tibetans that made it perfectly clear that they were Tibetan not Chinese. It was moving to say the least. The military presence was very obvious and most people were subdued in their reaction to their presence. I have no idea how that issue will play out........
Posted by TB_Ddizzle 11.06.2009 01:31 Archived in China Tagged round_the_world
