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Intrepid Season 2005 - China, Tibet, & Nepal (part I)

Brett Voegele
2005-11-19 14:15:37

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into town where we changed buses. Adding to my headache, I was the second of three people to not realize that the roof at the back of the bus dropped down considerably, and I smacked my head - this time pealing back a few layers of freshly sunburned skin from the top of my head. Definitely wasn't my day.

We made our way to just outside of Yangshuo, where we stayed in a great little place for the night. The highlight that night was to attend a cooking class, and being able to eat our creations...eggplant, kung pao chicken, vegetables, stuffed tofu balls, and the local specialty - beer fish. It was a good night.

The next day we hopped on some bikes and proceeded to cycle around the region. It's always nice to bike in the Yangshuo area, as the karst topography and rice fields are picturesque and serene. That night most of us went down to the river to take in a light and cultural show created by a famous Chinese director.

The next night we had the first group splitting-up party, as two passengers and the two of us who were trainee leaders would be leaving the group the following day, while the others would continue down to Hong Kong and the real end of the trip. Suffice it to say that we kept to form for this group - there was much alcohol consumed that night! Luckily I've been told that not all groups drink this heavily, as if they did I don't think my liver would survive this job.

The next day while the group recovered and prepared for a train trip, I made my way to the airport and flew to Chengdu. The following day I wandered around a bit, and then hung out with some of the other leaders that would also be heading into Tibet for some more on-the-ground training. On April 2nd we flew into Tibet, and then caught a bus into Lhasa. It was fantastic to be back! It definitely feels like a second home to me. I spent much of my time in Lhasa trying to catch up ...