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Drive to Shegar - New Tingiri
6 April 2005    GPS-pos: °' | °' | Alt: 0 M
More driving, which was begining to wear a little thin by now, brought us to Shegar or New Tingiri, where we would stay for 2 nights before pushing on the Everest BC.
Our plan is to do an aclimatisation walk tomorrow and have a look about the nearby ancient town of Shegar and old hill top fortress.

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Driving Lhasa to Shigatse….    5 April 2005
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Lhasa sightseeing – Potala & Drepung monastery    4 April 2005
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Fly Ktm – Lhasa    2 April 2005
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