Day 1: Chengdu-Lhasa

Under our plane, is all these kind of mountain, without any trees...

Lhasa's airport is called Gongga Airport (拉萨贡嘎机场）, interesting name eh?:)

Local tour guide there gave us an 哈达 (ha3 da2) each (the white scarf), it represents 吉祥如意，欢迎，and all the good meanings.





山药王。

Can you see all the 哈达 around it? and those "flags" type thingy, is actually the 藏经文，when the wind blows, it just like all the 经文 were read once.

虔诚的藏族信徒在绕着布达拉宫转经筒（顺时钟）。天天如此。他们不为今生而活，只为来世求福。One life time also bath 3 times only - 1st -- when they were born; 2nd -- when they get married; 3rd -- when they were dead.

This little fox I saw it in the souvenoir shop. It is so warm... but I find that they really cruel loh, such a beautiful white fox, they killed it and made into a "real" scarf. It's fur is so nice to touch. Selling at RMB 2,800 (not very pricey, considered it is real.... better than those LV price neh). I did not buy lah, even though I like it very much. I kesian the fox only.

By the time around 8pm, we were all feeling dizzy, slight headache (the real serious headache only hit us at late night, around 11pm). Oxygen level at day time is only 60% of our normal sea level, at night, it is even lower. The feeling of lack of oxygen is really no fun. You can't even walk fast as you will be gasping for air, and once you started laughing at your fren's jokes, you very cialat, coz, after the bloody joke, you will be gasping for oxygen.

We went back to hotel around 8.30pm, go to bed without shower (it is advised first day reach Lhasa, better don't take shower, coz you might catch the flu if you did). Can't sleep well whole night, headache headache headache. But we were very excited about next day's trip - 布达拉宫.

拉萨海拔3700米。