We hit the road very early in the morning

Sunrise

Sunrise (Brian*s picture)

We are 5000km from Shanghai

This portion of 318 is still under contruction, grand open in 2007

Construction right in front of us

We were in the middle of nowhere!

Tibetan yaks

Sakya Monastery

Me @ Sakya Monastery

Sakya Monastery

Sakya Monastery

Lama hanging out

All the preserved animals

Brian @ Sakya Monastery

Me @ fortress

View of North Sakya Monastery & the fortress

North Sakya Monastery

Kids on the great wall

Sakya Monastery

Numb & Me, a very knowledgable law student we met in Sakya Monastery

Sakya Monastery

Lunch place closeby Sakya Monastery

No one but us and goats

Goats

Sand dums

This is when you really need a 4 X 4!!

In action

Me screaming in the car

Landed

Brian giving pencils to rural village children

Tibetan kid @ rural village

Tibetan kid @ rural village

Me & village kids

Scenery en-route (Brian*s picture)

A cold coke after 8 hours on the road!

In New Tinggri

In New Tinggri

Ugly Tibetan yak

Dinner place @ Tinggri

Dinner

This is the only place we could find in Tinggri, 20rmb per bed