Tibet tour 2019, Tibet tour, Lhasa tour, Potala Place tour, Tibetan Pletue, Tibet Tour Operator2019
Welcome to TIBET - a land so rich in culture tradition and steeped in religion along the far flung unique landscape, aptly called the Roof of the World. Let the age old Tibetan mysteries cast an enchanted spell that holds a visitor in thrill and excitement. The first part of the Tibet tour offers fascinating views of the incredible formation of the highest plateau of the world with awesomely beautiful rocks, cascades and canyons slightly hidden in the thin flying mists amidst the mighty presence of Mt. Everest (8,848m), Shishapagma (8,035m) and the 2nd part of Tibet Tour brings you so close to the Shangri-La of TIBET making you feel yourself as being part of a unique culture, a rich tapestry woven with legends, myths, rituals and festivals.
The last part takes you over the majestic Himalayas offering you the long cherished breathtaking view of the Himalayan ranges including Mt. Everest (8848m) by an hour long Trans -Himalayan flight on your way back from Lhasa to Kathmandu. Most interestingly, This Tibet tour offers a lifetime opportunity to admire and compare the magnificence of the lofty Himalayas from three dimensions-from south, north & sky. Your memories of holiday in Tibet is enriched by the lingering impression of the most lavishly decorated huge monasteries & temples, saffron colored monks, ever smiling people & their typical lifestyle and above all, the challenging Himalayas.
This is the right overland tour which covers the most of the best parts of Tibet promising you a holiday that is more than a dream-a voyage of adventure and discovery. Discover Tibet through this special Tibet Tour package at a very special price, never before, with HTL YAK or similar in Lhasa and available hotels/guest houses outside Lhasa en route-all on Bed & Breakfast basis. Visit Tibet with us, you will be fascinated.
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Lhasa, Tibet - Lhasa is one of the most important cities in Tibet, and a home of Tibetan food and culture. In this video we’re going on an ultimate Tibetan street food tour of Lhasa, and additionally we’ll visit the Potala Palace and some of the most significant cultural sights in the city. Let’s start eating Tibetan food! #Lhasa #Tibet #TibetanFood #streetfood
Potala Palace - To begin the morning we started off visiting the Potala Palace, a fortress dzong, with tombs, chapels, and assembly halls, and once the seat of the Dalai Lama. Today it’s still used as a monastery, and a school for Tibetan Buddhist monks. The magnitude will blow you away.
Tibetan Tea House - One of the best parts of culture in Lhasa is the tea house culture. There are big teahouses all over the city, and local Tibetans congregate to drink tea, eat Tibetan food and socialize. I tried some yak noodles, both yak and vegetarian momos, and both sweet and salted tea. Tibetan yak noodles - 6 RMB ($0.84) per bowl
Tibetan Teahouse #2 - Located just off Barkhor Street, on this Tibetan street food tour, we then went to another teahouse, this one probably the largest and most well known local spots in Lhasa. The ambiance was incredible, so vibrant and so energetic. Since I had just had yak noodles, we chose to try some friend noodles and tea, and soak in the Tibetan culture.
Dzomo Cheese - Hybrid between yak and cow - Next we tried some dzomo cheese on the streets of Lhasa, very good and slightly animaly.
Laping noodles - Price - 5 RMB ($0.70) per bowl - One of my favorite of all Tibetan street foods is laping, a type of noodle, sliced off, then mixed with chili oil and spices. It’s the perfect light and flavorful street food snack.
Legendary Yak Momos - Price - 1 RMB ($0.14) per piece - On the corner, just outside the Barkhor Street circle, is a famous yak momos hole in the wall restaurant. The momos were hot and fresh, made right before you order them, and they were some of the best yak momos I’ve ever had.
Cheese Fungus Soup - 6 RMB ($0.84) per bowl - Dolma mentioned that this Tibetan cheese fungus soup is rare to find nowadays and during this season, so we were lucky to find it. It ate like a porridge and was hearty and filling.
Jokhang Temple - Barkhor Street - One of the most important places in Tibetan Buddhism and in Lhasa is Jokhang Temple, and people often walk 3 circles around the temple each morning and evening.
Tibetan Food Dinner - Finally for dinner, it wasn’t really street food, but it was a local Tibetan style dinner where we tried a number of Tibetan dishes. My favorite was the pickled preserved radish stir fried with yak meat.
It was an amazing day in Lhasa, Tibet, lots of delicious Tibetan food, and a chance to learn a lot about Tibetan culture.
Thank you to Travel China & Tibet ( they sponsored my trip to Tibet, and they did an amazing job to cater to the exact things I wanted to do. Highly recommended when you visit Tibet.
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2019 China & Tibet Travel Video with TCT Part 2 - From Lhasa to Mount Everest!
In this video we traveled through Tibet from Lhasa all the way out to Mount Everest and back. Some of the that we visited included Lhasa, Tsedang, Yangpachen, Yamdrok Lake, Karola Glacier, Gyantse, Shigatse, Tingri, and finally Mount Everest! Join us to see some of the natural scenery of Tibet and some of the less visited monasteries.
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1. Arrive in Lhasa, Tibet by Flight
2. Tsedang
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b. Samye Monastery
c. Chimpu Monastery and Caves
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a. Potola Palace
b. Jokhang Temple
c. Barkhor Street
d. Ramoche Temple
e. Sera Monastery
f. Princess Wencheng Night Show
4. Yangpachen
a. Yangpachen Monastery
5. Drive from Lhasa to Shigatse vis Gyantse
a. Yamdrok Lake
b. Samding Monastery
c. Karola Glacier
6. Shigatse
a. Tashilhunpo Monastery
7. Tingri
8. Mount Everest
a. Rongbuk Monastery
b. Overnight in Everest Guest Tent
c. Free Time in Everest Area
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Kailash Tour Video 2020, Holy Kailash Mansarovar Tour, Kailash Darshan, Kailash Parikrama
Hindus believe mount Kailash to be the abode of Lord Shive and Parbati. For a hindu, to make the arduous pilgrimage to Kailash and have the Darshan (divine view) of Shiva's abode is to attain release from the clutches of ignorance & delusion. Thousands of Hindu religious people come to visit the sacred mount Kailash and Mansarovar Lake, situated in the China's Autonomous Region of Tibet, every year from around the globe and neighboring country India via Nepal.
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Today we had the honor of going to a local Tibetan family home for an outstanding traditional, and special Tibetan food meal. It was not only a chance to try Tibetan foods that are not typically available at a restaurant, but a total learning experience about Tibetan food and culture. #Tibet #Lhasa #TibetanFood
After arriving to the family home we first enjoyed some Tibetan butter tea and snacks, and then proceeded to the kitchen to start cooking. I loved the decoration and style of Tibetan homes, so warm, cozy, and welcoming.
Some of the main Tibetan food they prepared were yak and cheese momos, fried potato momos, soup with yak meatballs, a steamed sheep head, fried mutton with potatoes and onions, ginseng fruit with sugar and butter, and a number of other impressive Tibetan foods.
The food was delicious and meaty (and very hearty), the setting was gorgeous Tibetan culture, and the hospitality stood out among everything. What an outstanding day in Lhasa, Tibet!
Thank you to Travel China & Tibet ( they sponsored my trip to Tibet, and they did an amazing job to cater to the exact things I wanted to do. Highly recommended when you visit Tibet.
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We found YAK SASHIMI and so much delicious Chinese Tibetan street food in West Sichuan, near Tibet! Join us on a deep Tibetan Street Food Tour! You can travel with us through this street food tour vlog and taste some of the most UNIQUE, delicious (LIKE YAK SASHIMI!), and UNKNOWN street food around the world. We traveled to Kangding, specifically to eat the best street food. First up, we went to a morning street food market and found a ton of different Yak, all laying out and ready to sell to chefs for their special Chinese/Tibetan recipes. This is the same YAK that we sampled for the YAK SASHIMI at a fancy Tibetan restaurant in the evening.
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We went to a Tibetan breakfast restaurant and had some amazingly powerful Yak organ soup, which to be honest, was not very delicious, although the spicy chili sauce was great! After that, we traveled to the local monastery buddhist temple to eat with the monks! This was truly a once in a lifetime street food temple experience! The authentic local Chinese Tibetan recipes the chefs were making were incredible! The flavours will blow you away, they all had this incredible home-cooked flavour.
There were so many authentic Chinese recipes that the chefs were making, it will blow you away! All of it had an amazing home-cooked flavour!
After that amazing monastery meal, we went back into downtown on the hunt for delicious street food recipes to try, and found an amazing Tibetan restaurant serving up some amazing Tibetan delicacies, like raw yak meat Sashimi, tsampa highland barley flour with yak butter and so much more!
You can follow our travels through this tea horse road series as we travel through China on a 6 week street food tour journey and try delicious Chinese street food and Chinese cuisine all the way from Sichuan and into the west of Sichuan with Tibetan food, and then into Yunnan in the south of China! You can discover with us exactly why China is the best place for street food in the world!
If you’re thinking of traveling through China because of the delicious street food, or even living in China for the food, You definitely must travel throughout Sichuan to taste the flavours! There is so many back street markets to explore and new delicious recipes to try! Come hungry! There is a lifetime worth of delicious street food to try! And the locals are all extremely friendly!
Here in China, Chinese street food and Chinese cuisine is so varied and abundant and diverse that you couldn’t eat it in your whole lifetime. We consider ourselves very lucky to be able to live in Chengdu, Sichuan, eating delicious Sichuan street food and tasting new and enticing street foods almost every day.
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I had no idea what to expect of Sichuan Airlines, but actually it’s a pretty nice airline, nicely maintained airplane, and the service was great. Even though it was a short 2 hour flight, they served a full meal of rice, and the best touch about food on Sichuan Airlines is that you can ask for Sichuan chili oil sauce to add to the top of your food - best touch ever for an airline - who wouldn’t want extra Sichuan chili oil on an airplane!!
Lhasa, Tibet - Landing in Lhasa was spectacular, the scenery and high elevation mountains were gorgeous. The airport is about an hour drive from the center of Lhasa, and so drove into Lhasa, and then checked into Hang-Suk Trichang Labrang Hotel.
Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street - After checking in to our hotel, we then walked around Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street, the center of the city and one of the most important places in Lhasa.
It was a great day, great flight with Sichuan Airlines for the first time.
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SHIGATSE, TIBET - Along with Lhasa, Shigatse is one of the most important and largest cities in Tibet. We had the honor to explore Shigatse for the day, learn about the city, eating Tibetan food, and learn about the amazing Tibetan culture. #Shigatse #Tibet #food
Tibetan breakfast - There’s nothing better to eat for breakfast in Tibet than tsampa - roasted barley flour, mixed with yak cheese, yak butter, and sugar, and formed into small hand-squeezed balls. It grows like a loaf of bread in your stomach - it’s so hearty and filling. The best part of the experience was eating it in a local home and watching them as they made it for breakfast, the common way they do everyday for breakfast. The butter tea was excellent.
Tibetan food lunch - We went to a local family restaurant for lunch we we tried a number of Tibetan, and specifically Shigatse foods, including dumpling in soup, a fried bread stuffed with yak, fried sheep lungs, and Tibetan blood sausage. It was a heavy and meaty lunch, and the food was delicious.
Tashilhunpo Monastery - As the palace of the Panchen Lama (second most important spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism), the Tashilhunpo Monastery is one of the most sacred and important sites in Shigatse. After walking around the temple complex in the morning, we then went into the temple complex in the afternoon.
It was a great day of food, exploring, and learning in Shigatse, Tibet.
Thank you to Travel China & Tibet ( they sponsored my trip to Tibet, and they did an amazing job to cater to the exact things I wanted to do. Highly recommended when you visit Tibet.
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Situated at an altitude of 3538m above the sea level, covering 30 square kilometers, Ba Som Tso or Drak Sum Lake is one of the place-to-see-before-you-die kind of scenic spot in Tibet Nyingtri region.
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Lhasa sightseeing tour is a cultural Tibet tour and a short hiking and natural tour around Lhasa. Lhasa sightseeing tour will visit Lhasa, the historical capital of Tibet, straddles the banks of the Kyichu river, where the valley opens out to its fullest extent.
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Lhasa is also the cultural, religious and political center of Tibet Autonomous Region as well as the administrative headquarters of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Lhasa sightseeing tour will take you to visit the Potala Palace, the seat of the Dalai Lamas and the most significant traditional nine stories high building.
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Kamba La Pass and Yamdrok Yumtso Holy Lake in Tibet: Winter Travel in Tibet
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Tibet tour 2019, Nepal Tibet tour, Guided Nepal Tibet tour, visit Lhasa Tibet, Potala Place tour2019
Welcome to TIBET - a land so rich in culture tradition and steeped in religion along the far flung unique landscape, aptly called the Roof of the World. Let the age old Tibetan mysteries cast an enchanted spell that holds a visitor in thrill and excitement. The first part of the Tibet tour offers fascinating views of the incredible formation of the highest plateau of the world with awesomely beautiful rocks, cascades and canyons slightly hidden in the thin flying mists amidst the mighty presence of Mt. Everest (8,848m), Shishapagma (8,035m) and the 2nd part of Tibet Tour brings you so close to the Shangri-La of TIBET making you feel yourself as being part of a unique culture, a rich tapestry woven with legends, myths, rituals and festivals.
The last part takes you over the majestic Himalayas offering you the long cherished breathtaking view of the Himalayan ranges including Mt. Everest (8848m) by an hour long Trans -Himalayan flight on your way back from Lhasa to Kathmandu. Most interestingly, This Tibet tour offers a lifetime opportunity to admire and compare the magnificence of the lofty Himalayas from three dimensions-from south, north & sky. Your memories of holiday in Tibet is enriched by the lingering impression of the most lavishly decorated huge monasteries & temples, saffron colored monks, ever smiling people & their typical lifestyle and above all, the challenging Himalayas.
This is the right overland tour which covers the most of the best parts of Tibet promising you a holiday that is more than a dream-a voyage of adventure and discovery. Discover Tibet through this special Tibet Tour package at a very special price, never before, with HTL YAK or similar in Lhasa and available hotels/guest houses outside Lhasa en route-all on Bed & Breakfast basis. Visit Tibet with us, you will be fascinated.
More information or tour / trip/ trekking & Expedition booking, please contact us:
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Tibet - Pilgrims travel to Lhasa
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Religious pilgrims continue to stream into the Tibetan city of Lhasa daily to pray - some still evidently devotees of the Dalai Lama, despite official Chinese disapproval. The people are drawn to participate in a ritual that dates back centuries by faith in Buddhism and a belief that their lives will be improved if they visit the sacred shrines of Lhasa. Thousands of Tibetan pilgrims and smaller numbers of Buddhists from around the world choose the seventh-century Jokhang Temple, the oldest and most sacred in Tibet, as their spiritual destination. They travel mostly by foot for days and even months.
Hundreds of pilgrims, including red and saffron-robed monks and nuns, perform a variety of traditional forms of worship.
Twirling prayer wheels and whispering mantras, a repeated line of prayer, the pilgrims circle the temple along a path known as the Barkhor. Pilgrims in prayer perform the kora - a circuit around the temple walked clockwise. The greatest degrees of merit are acheived thorugh prostration. Devotees touch their hands, upright in prayer, to their heads then to their throats and then to their hearts before falling to the ground.
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Pilgrims walking into Lhasa at sunrise
Feet of pilgrims walking
Reverse of walking; exterior of Jokhang Temple
Golden symbol on roof of temple
Vs of pilgrims at Jokhang walking with prayer wheels and faces of pilgrims
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Monks prostrate repeatedly on Barkhor walkway
Overhead shot of prostrate pilgrims
Prayers seen from ground
Vs praying
High shot of unloading sacks of Juniper incense
Cu of smouldering incense
Women throwing incense onto burner
Prayer lamps burning
Man at stall selling colourful cloth
Golden Buddha images for sale
Furs and hats on sale
Pictures of Panchen Lama on sale
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SOT of woman saying, would you like to take home?
Tourist and Tibetan woman looking at picture book
Child playing banjo and singing in Potala Square with palace in background
Long, wide shot of palace with music overlay
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