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Altitude Sickness

by mad4travel

One of the things you will get warned about in Tibet is altitude sickness.It will usually strike about 6 hours after landing in Lhasa and can consist of headaches, dizziness, nausea , loss of apetite and lack of sleep.The ways to get round this are to drink water like its going out of fashion (around 3 litres a day) for the first few days you will pee like hell but stick with it and you'll get back to normal.Also, don't over do it in the first few days, have a lot of rest and don't visit too many monasteries or the Potala Palace where there are loads of steps to climb.If you can get hold of it, take half a Diamox tablet twice a day. Its hard to get in the UK as doctors can't prescribe it for altitude sickness, although you can get it on private prescription from a travel clinic.If you are travelling to Lhasa via Kathmandu pop into a Pharmacy and buy it over the counter, its very cheap....

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Here's the lowdown on high altitude sickness!

by Confucius

I heard all the horror stories before my trip to Tibet; passengers puking and potato chip bags exploding on the train. I didn't see any of that and did not experience any altitude sickness on the train or while touring Lhasa. I also did not take any preventative medicine as recommended by some tour agencies, so my conclusion is that the high altitude sickness is an exaggerated concern for most healthy travellers.I was travelling on the train with a lot of international journalists and some other western VIPs; none of them experienced anything beyond a mild headache. I did see some potato chip bags expand, but not explode.Oxygen is available on the train and I did see several people take the tube into their nostrils. I tried it just for the novelty of the experience, not out of necessity. My first experience in Tibet out of the train was at Naqu, which is about 4500 meters. Lhasa's...

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Wild dogs of Tibet!

by tremendopunto

Since I did not have any rabbies vaccination, I was always nervous about the wild dogs of Tibet. Despite having dogs in the family and beeing used to dogs very much - you never know what the wild dogs are up to. I always tried to keep as much distance between us as possible. If they come too close or they act strange picking up a stone from the ground or acting like doing so did make them stay away.

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Go with a good attitude.

by joelaldodiaz

Don't go to Tibet with a nasty attitude torwards the Chinese occupation, or the thriving tourism industry in Tibet. Both will make your trip a very unpleasant and unenjoyable one. #1 The Han Chinese are there to stay. If you think lhasa is too Chinese, too modern...you are welcome to the remote villages with no running water, sewage running down the streets, and livestock sharing roads with automobiles. It's quaint, yes, but many westerners prefer the cushier comforts of Lhasa. And the Chinese "invasion" of Tibet is much more humane and culturally tolerant than the European "invasion" of North America, or Australia, where the native population, language and culture were to the point of annihilation. IN Tibet, signs are still in Tibetan, monasteries are active, and people still speak in their local language.#2 If you're hoping for a truly enlightening experience, remember this: so are...

Toilets and Altitude

by maogao

If you travel in Tibet, be prepared to use the outdoors as your toilet. The latrines in many of the hotels, restaurants, and monasteries out in the countryside are filthy and covered with piles of human excrement. So if you can't picture yourself squatting behind a big rock, then stay in Lhasa. Altitude sickness is an ugly thing. Five of us went to Tibet September 2005 and 2 of us got sick. I was one of them. I went with a chest cold. I know, bad idea. But when you've booked a tour with 5 people, it is difficult to back out. I spent the first night puking and trying to control the axe that kept splitting my skull open. I was hardly functioning for 3 days. But I stayed with the group and made it to Everest base camp. However, the trip is a foggy memory since that is how it felt the whole time--walking through a fog. My older sister who I thought would be the one with the problem, actually...

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Protect yourself from the cold

by grets

Make sure you wrap up warm for the boat journey across the Yarlung Tsangpo River to Samye, as the winds can make the journey quite chilli. You can also encounter rain if you are unlucky, and the boat is open, so there is no cover. We were lucky to have a bright, sunny day. Also on the high altitude passes, the wind chill factor can make the temperature feel much colder than it actually is. We went in September, and it was comfortably warm during the day and a little chilly at night. Some hotels don’t provide thick enough bedding, so it may be worth taking a sleeping bag.

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Choose your car (and your driver) wisely

by 1W1V

Having a good car and the right driver is probably the most important point in preparing your trip to Tibet.Here is the pix of our car with the plate number. Avoid that car if you can.We rented it at Banak Shol GH.Usually they do good job but this time, they miss the point.

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Public toilet

by 1W1V

In Tibet, public toilets are awful !!!I have traveled in many places but the tibetan toilets are the worst I have seen.I say I have seen as I refuse to use them.So, during your trip, be ready to use nature for release.

high pressure and consequences

by 1W1V

Beware when you are flying to Lhassa your landing altitude is nearly 4000 M.One of the unexpected consequence for me was what happened to my toiletteries bag. In fact, all bottle of after shave and skin care have seen their contain expanded and eventually spread inside the bag !To avoid it, either take them with you in hand luggage and open the bottles before the descent or leave them in your main bag but slghtly open.

Alien travel permits and illegal hitching

by Claus_Qvist

Tibet is a fascinating place and, apart from the usual (small) risk of petty theft, there are not many risks or dangers connected to travelling in Tibet. I managed to spend seven weeks, travelling all the way from the far west to the east and I didn't lose a single dime on the way. Instead I "suffered" a lot of local hospitality.Instead, the major hazzle for the independent tourist is the sad fact that the stiff, Chinese bureaucracy never really learnt how to cope with individuals. The Communists hate independent thinking to such an extent that they have made it more or less illegal for tourists to travel in anything but well-controlled groups with an appropriate guide who will certainly make sure that you don't end up some place where they don't want you to be.As long as you stick to the well-worn route from Lhasa and Shigatse down the Friendship highway towards Everest and Kathmandu,...

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