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We took a part of this route (Warsaw to Hong Kong via Mongolia and China) with some friends during summer vacations in 2006. We even "accidentally" landed in Ti
by snicky 6y ago
We took a part of this route (Warsaw to Hong Kong via Mongolia and China) with some friends during summer vacations in 2006. We even "accidentally" landed in Tibet for 2 weeks and visited the Everest Base Camp near Shigatse. The entire trip that took more than 2 months cost 2-3k USD back then. I was quite amazed by how different and cheap everything gets once you cross the border near Brest. Now when I'm writing this with one hand and holding my sleeping son in the other it feels like it was in a previous life entirely. Happy times. Too bad Belarus didn't change too much since then from what we hear.
- netsharc 6y ago> We even "accidentally" landed in Tibet for 2 weeks and visited the Everest Base Camp near Shigatse. Presumably with an entry permit and guide? I visited this camp, the one next to the Rongbuk Monastery, last year. It was quite a touristy spot. And the toilet facilities were horrendeous. There was an another base camp closer to the Everest, but only accessible if you have an "Everest permit". How was it 14 years ago?
- snicky 6y agoWe had a local driver and a permit we got from a travel agency in Lhasa if I remember correctly. Unfortunately, I can't recall which base camp it was. The toilets were indeed horrible, one of the worst I've seen in my life for sure. There weren't that many tourists at that time. I remember a Chinese couple that had to use oxygen due to altitude sickness and some very fit Russians.