A riveting China adventure 30 years ago but still exciting!
Copyright Elaine Canham, 2015
Continuing my 1985 diary of a trip to China and Tibet
I can’t believe Lhasa when I see it. There must be some mistake; wide roads, a block of flats and modern buildings. I am so disappointed, I thought it was going to be some mysterious mountain hideout with buddhists.
Actually, I didn’t know what I thought it was going to be, but not this. This is awful. Of course, what I don’t realise is that this is the Chinese part of town, and that, although Lhasa is 12,000 ft up it is flat because it is built on a huge plateau.
The Range Rover draws into courtyard in front of a Chinese guest house and we say goodbye to the German Speaker, who has been so helpful. He looks astounded.
‘But this is the guesthouse where you will stay,’ he says.
‘We’re going to the…
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March 12, 2015 at 6:39 pm
Amazing story, Tess. Yours sounds benign compared to this!
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March 12, 2015 at 8:14 pm
I know. We had tour guides. They had nothing. Mind you this was 30 years ago (not so much has changed) and they were pretty much thumbing it. Ah, youth. So brave. ❤
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March 12, 2015 at 7:16 pm
The guy in the photo obviously takes his fashion cues from Lady Ga Ga!
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March 12, 2015 at 8:16 pm
😀 😀 😀 And to think this is waayyy BEFORE Lady Gaga. 😀 😀
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March 12, 2015 at 8:16 pm
Yes way way before
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March 12, 2015 at 8:26 pm
😀 😀 😀
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March 12, 2015 at 8:04 pm
How tension-filled and not a get way to start a trip to Nepal. We had similar situations in Eastern Europe when we lived there under Russian rule before the collapse of the USSR.
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March 12, 2015 at 8:17 pm
Oh my. Were you there long? Could you leave when you wanted or was it job related?
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March 15, 2015 at 8:48 pm
What an interesting story – and very disturbing. I always worry about being taken advantage of as a tourist.
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