We took the day off on Sunday and went with the ONE HEART driver Mila to Landrok Lake. The drive while only 1.5hours from Lhasa is all uphill or upmountain. We went up a pass that peaked at 5000 meters. We were in the clouds it truly was incredible. The lake down below is one of the the three holy lakes in Tibet. It is an electric blue and is horshoe shaped. (Again the pictures don't quite do justice to the color and views, click to enlarge to help) There were busloads of Chinese tourists.
Later that night Reini wanted hot pot for dinner which is a chinese dish. We jumped in a cab across town and ate a delicious meal and managed to get the food we wanted without a lick of mandarin i'm embarrassed to say. This section of Lhasa felt like another city in mainland china. There was no evidence of Tibetan people, life or culture. I guess the large majority of Lhasa is like this. Our office and home are in the old part of Lhasa still very Tibetan.
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