BACK IN BEIJING
On our way to the Lhasa airport, we make a stop at Yumbulagang, the oldest building in Tibet. One can either hike up to it or hire a horse (or even a camel). From its heights one can see into India and trace the current Dalai Lama's escape route during the Cultural Revolution. While others explore these heights, I explore the lower regions, taking some assorted photos.At our layover in Chengdu we disembark with all our belongings as we did before, some now carrying considerably more than when we did this on our way to Tibet. We don't arrive in Beijing till late in the evening, though it is still hot and humid. Too late for dinner, most of us retire to our rooms, sorry to find our stay in Tibet over. Being in an occupied country, one has to keep reminding oneself that it is the Chinese government and not the Chinese people who are to blame. Mind you, this is a government that considers the Dalai Lama to be a terrorist. Even so, I do hope to explore this country more fully some day.
Back in the city
With its crowds and endless smog
Like being back home
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