My trip to Tibet

[vyadem]

Ah, the Himalayas have been there ... just never forget! I was in 4300 and appeared top of the world, and 5328 can not even imagine!

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Oh, I forgot. In Lehi joined us three young ladies, who flew in from Australia to the oracle. He receives visitors every year, in a lunar day. It tells about your past and future. Girls name with them, but we did not. Why?
We met with one young man, he went to Delhi to learn how our MV Lomonosov. I did not want this man to wear on his clothes a monk, said that it already archaisms. He became our guide to the future. Once in the way he stopped us and asked for something to wait. "Relax guys" - he said. A minute later, 100 meters from us there was a huge landslide rocks, flying stones the size of a house, the path was no longer there and we had to circumvent this place for several hours. But the most unpleasant encounter on the way torrents and marshes. I had to undress before the goal and move to the waist, a gray mud, these places. One had to spend the night before the debris field, it was necessary to get a little everything had gone. We found an old abandoned house, the roof was not, but there were tables. Built a bed, surrounded by backpacks and put on all that was warm. In the morning woke up under a layer of snow. But so tired that they did not feel like it began to snow.
The route ran from town to town. There we had something to eat and relax. There can only dairy products and rice. I have ordered a tomato soup, like hot and liquid. Everything is very sharp, is impossible, but gradually become accustomed. Chili-masala "in all of the food, all the lights inside. But in the way every kind of food is good.
It was a funny incident. Somehow, in one village we saw a large wooden house, and asked - What is it? We were told that a local bar. "Finally!" - I said. And in the evening we went there. Inside were wooden tables on which stood a bottle of vodka 30 ', for a sailor - a dust ! "We sat down. On the other hand were Tibetans and something much discussion. Then turned to us and said that the Russian firm can drink. They asked whether we drink - someone who? I understand that I was seated opposite alkokrepysha. After a few glasses, the guy claimed by the arms and legs. Then put the other, and this happened the same thing. From the bar we went under the roar of applause. Surprisingly, they can not drink, they simply kill.
We walked through the passes get into amazing places. Our guide told us that soon we will see a miracle - a cloud between the mountains, which nowhere vanishes, ie always hanging over the valley and look at it from a height get real fun, imbued the concept of contemplation. A couple of hours we saw this - it was a miracle!

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Сообщение от Admin

I apologize for everyday question. And what are you eating, Artem?

To the east need to come with their spoons, mugs and more! A huge number of different diseases, for Europeans, sometimes fatal. 90%of Hindus carriers of these diseases. They themselves do not get sick. The water should not drink - for us it's just poison. Once I asked the restaurant kefir (I already wrote about that dairy products can eat), they brought me, but at the bottom of the glass was a piece of ice, they make it not out of water. I immediately realized that I Khan, forgot to warn the waiter. The next day, temperature 40. Fell ill with a terrible disease, a type of cholera. Thank God it happened on his return to Delhi. Barely made it to our embassy. If I brought her home with me would not have cured. At a felt the great eastern medicine, cured for two days. You can only drink mineral water bottle, without touching his lips to the bottle, ie pour into his mouth at a distance. Once touched, hardly a day has passed all the leather in his mouth gone, pain of hell, and again helped folk medicine, the pharmacy gave the powder, he stuck to his ulcers and I began to eat normally, all gone in two days. As a rule I ordered "fried rise", which translates fried rice, the food resembles our pilaf, pilaf is done only in the cauldron, and this dish is prepared from individual ingredients in the wok. It is cooked and everywhere in India, and Pakistan, and Tibet. Fruit shaft, but also you can eat not all. Bananas can be in any amount, and in these conditions is useful for the stomach. In the morning cereal to milk and tea. Tea, there is prepared with milk, not water, the water tea they call "tea". By the way there, I just tried this tea. It turns out large-tea, which like us, in the east of normal people do not consume, it is considered that this is the lowest grade of tea, the smaller the leaf, the better. Tomato soup - a good thing. He tried to take a leaf from the cooks, but even money can not agree.

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Сообщение от NATA NOVA

how do you wet etudes transported?

If you look closely at post#15 photo 4, you'll see that under the naga me is a box inside the slots for cardboard, I had specially made for the trip before leaving home.

Сообщение от Tamila

Please tell me you made after the film?

Plain soap film, I bought it right there, was surprised only that it was Japan, not China, not Thailand, but a real Japanese camera. The thing that scared me, saying that a professional camera may fail at a height, ie The simpler the better.

[Veronic]

Сообщение от Artem

huge number of different diseases, for Europeans, sometimes fatal. 90%of Hindus carriers of these diseases.

Yes, this is a problem. But the Europeans go there, many get sick?

[Черномашенцев Владимир]

Hats off to the man who committed such a trip with absolutely no training! I understand all the difficulties of India and Tibet, as several of my friends have been there. I did not dare to go with them, so I prefer a more comfortable and architectural and historical tourism.

Here are some photos from Tibet, my friend:

http://www.izotoff.ru/asia.html

So, the purpose of my letter - to warn people who may be involved in the beauty of Tibet, the most difficult living conditions, aggravated by high altitude. Tibet at an altitude of 4000-5000 m. necessarily require adaptation. Even this, my friend Mr. Izotoff, a good athlete and mountain climber, could not resist the charms of India-Tibet. He planned to travel for a month, but escaped from there in two weeks. Now, says that India - a terrible trash, compared with which even the poverty-stricken Cambodia - a civilized country! The fact that in January 2008, I traveled with him on the south-east Asia: Hong Kong-Cambodia-Thailand.

"In India people are coming, attracted by Buddhism, yoga and other east. But the majority of them dramatically changed its view of these charms, especially if you do not live in the five-star hotel. Love this country can only be mad - I give the words of my friend's seasoned travel. Neither Asia nor Africa nor South America with Australia, it is not broke. But India, he could not resist.
Well, that Artem wrote in detail about everyday troubles and physical difficulties of Tibet. If someone suddenly decided to repeat such a trip - again read the detailed text Artem and well-good think if you can stand it! In Tibet, there is no three-star or even odnozvezdnyh hotels with more or less European service. Or at least the Soviet services. It is not even Cambodia. My friend told me that not all returned from there and healthy living, especially women. He saw a couple of corpses, which is our Russian tourists (quite strangers to the corpses of people) had to take out their own expense, since no one on them (the corpses) are simply not paying attention. Buddhism ...

In this perspective, one can only marvel at the inhumane treatment inflicted by the inviting party, which has been subjected to a real risk of several of their guests.

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Сообщение от Veronic

Yes, this is a problem. But the Europeans go there, many get sick?

Veronic, much depends on the organism. My friend Wentz, nothing ill with. I think that in Europe there is any monitoring system must be vaccinated, something to give to each other, conduct interviews. While at the hotel in which I lived in Delhi a couple of cases the Europeans there. A German cyclist who rode his bicycle half of the world, was taken forward legs.

Once in a small village in the mountains, where we arrived late at night, we heard the familiar music - Pink Floyd. Were very surprised at how Tibet? The hotel has a table sat a young man, but with a big beard, it turned out - the Englishman, wrote a thesis. He was pleased with our European Face and smiled a smile of English in 32 teeth .

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Сообщение от Chernomashentsev Vladimir

a few photos from Tibet's my friend

Cool, professional photos, but Tibetan photos isdelany from China.

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Сообщение от Artem

Then something prompted me to ask: "And I gave money to?" The boy immediately dumped into my hands all that he earned for the day. We again asked: "Why?" The boy replied: "You also have to!"

My friend, also an artist, recently visited Tibet. It seems like going the route you Artem. So, he said
"I went to the poorest countries, where people often do not have anything except a single garment that was on them. But they're always smiling, and they did not have any aggression. It's amazing, because each of us has a place to live, there are Food and nearly every family has a car, but we consider ourselves poor. Apparently, we do not know what real poverty. And what happiness we do not know "

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Сообщение от Posav

Simply amazing. Interested in everything concerning Tibet. Share your experiences.
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There is a book of modern French explorer Michel Pesselya "Journey to Tibet" and his own "Journey to the Mustang and Bhutan, a lot of interesting observations Europeans. And, also, there is translation of "Tibetan Book of the Dead" with some explanations for the Europeans ... many of them attracted by the philosophy of an unknown world. Artists, too, one picture in my album.

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Сообщение от Artem

we got out of the car

.... Interesting, however, philosophy ....