Tibet: Friendship

The Trip

Bombay to Beijing:
Started in Mumbai in March 2004 and backpacked through India, Nepal, Tibet and China for close to 5 months. The trip is all over now, but the photos and blogs remain.

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Currently...

Getting ready for my next big trip - a cycle tour across Japan, top to bottom. The plan is to set off in August from the northern tip of Japan and just keep on pedaling south.
More here...

Friendship

I'm sure the angry guard on the 'Friendship Bridge' who charged at me screaming 'NO PHOTO! NO PHOTO!' had no idea of the irony of what he was doing.

Crossing the Friendship Bridge from Nepal into Tibet, you can feel the atmosphere change straight away: the tension just hangs in the air. Our Tibetan guide looks edgy as he herds us into our convey of 4WDs and takes us up to the immigration office perched precariously and rather authoritatively up on the mountain-side above the crossing.

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