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Drive back to Lhasa
We drove along a wide fertile river valley with large mountains on either side.
Stopped for a break.
Building a train along the same valley. A lot of it is on towers and a lot is right through the mountain side.
Impressionist painting!
Barley fields and mountains
Barley
We stopped for a picnic lunch. This is the van we've spent the last 5 days in.
Speed control apparently works by marking a paper when you enter an area, and then checking your speed when you exit by the elapsed time. Here, our guide and driver do the paperwork. Once we had to wait to be sure we'd taken enough time.
Back in Lhasa
Last morning in Tibet, we go for a walk in the market around Jokhang. This morning, it is filled with food vendors and household goods rather than tourist items.
Another interesting store name. General Store?
Hotel window.