On the way to Shigatse (日喀则) – Part 1
Posted by Terence Yung in Travel, tags: China, Tibet - 437 viewsDay 3, we set off for Shigatse (日喀则) (officially Xigaze according to Wikipedia but I prefer to use Shigatse, sounds nicer). There are 2 ways to get there. We took the mountainous road which has to go through 3 mountain pass to get there. Up and down 3 very high mountains. We used the other way which runs along Yarlung Tsangpo River to get back to Lhasa.
The 3 pass that we passed are:
- Kambala Pass
- Karula Pass
- and Similar Pass
Giant Wall Buddha
Not far away after leaving Lhasa, we stop by along the road to visit this Giant Wall Buddha. Check out all the Katas on the cliff, wonder how they managed to stick them so high.
Panaroma of Yarlung Tsangpo River
Stopped by Yarlung Tsangpo River side for photo shoot.
Me @ Yarlung Tsangpo River
Prayers Flags and Katas
Yang Zhen, our guide said that there’s a river burial site below here. So I climbed down to check it out.
Suspected River Burial Site
I think this is the place where they chopped up the bodies and feed it to the fish.
River Burial Tools?
Found an axe and cleaver there as well. Looks like there’s blood stain on the cleaver. The guide explained a bit on the river burial to me. I gonna post a entry just for Tibetan Burials. Check back later for it.
During toilet stop by the road side
Nature's Toilet. Behind the trees and bushes
Before we head up to Kambala Pass, we stopped by the road side to let go because there won’t be any toilet on the way and its not very good to stop halfway while climbing the mountain.
Kambala Pass
Our bus climbed from the low land up to our current height.
The small black dots are Yaks
Yamdrok Lake. Beautiful!
At the top of Kambala Pass is Yamdrok Lake (羊卓雍錯) or Yamdrok Yumtso. The scenery here is simply breathtaking.
Very obedient Yak
Paid RMB5 to sit on the Yak. Pay the fee and can take any amount of pictures you want. The owner even helped to take picture. I think the Yak is sleeping, coz it’s eyes are shut, thats why it didn’t really move a lot.
Sleeping Yak
See the eyes are closed.
Tibetan Mastiff Dog
Cute dog
When I look at him he looked up and lick me. Very obedient and cute dog. I paid RMB5 to take picture with him as well.
It has one white eye
The dog has one white eye. The guide said that Tibetans believe that the dog can see spirits.
My left is the Yak Owner, and the other is dog owner
Yamdrok Lake
Yamdrok lake taken from the bus. To be continued on part 2.
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Actually this stop is not in the itinerary..lucky my friend in Tibet told me tht there is a place for river burial when we on the way going to shigatze..
when i request to have a stop there, Yang Zhen is like..huh..how u knw this place? really want to stop Nothg much to see something like tht..then i insist want to go..i feel so angry when she trying to reject me..