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A Backpacker’s View of Tibet

a woman with a mask and a yak

It had never occurred to me that I would want to visit Tibet, but it’s now on my top 5 list.

a city in the mountains
Credit: Diana Uribe Nakarmi

I was talking to Diana Uribe Nakarmi this weekend at an MMA event and mentioned my upcoming trip to Asia. We started swapping travel stories and I found out she’d visited Tibet in 2008, right before the Chinese government purged many of the monasteries.

a group of people sitting in a doorway
Credit: Diana Uribe Nakarmi

Listening to her stories, it sounded amazing, but when I saw her pictures I was captivated (except for the primitive bathrooms). I hope you enjoy her amazing pictures as much as I did!

a stone building with doors

They took the train from China into Tibet’s capital, Lhasa and then drove through to Nepal.

a view of a valley from a train window

a landscape with mountains and blue sky

The people were incredibly nice, but anxious about saying anything about what was going on since it would all have to be reported to the police.

a man in a hat sitting on a bench
Making Shoes 

a child walking on a sidewalk

a boy in red pants and a red shirt

The tour group got to see Potala Palace and the marketplaces.

a woman selling a blanket to another woman

a white building with a large wall on the side
Potala Palace
a room with many boxes and cheese
Yak Butter

a woman sitting on a bench

I was most struck by the pictures of the more rural towns, monasteries, and amazing road side views.

a group of cows lying down on the street

a group of colorful flags on a mountain

a blue lake surrounded by mountains

a woman with a mask and a yak

a group of people standing outside

a group of people doing yoga
Johkang Monastery 

Right now it looks like many of the previous travel restrictions have been lifted and though you still must go with a tour group, it no longer has to be all of the same nationality or have multiple people from the same country.

I hope one day I’ll be able to visit while some of the original Tibetan culture still remains.

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