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Shigatse lies on the main Friendship Highway from Lhasa to Kathmandu, so, although tourists typically make the trip in Land Cruisers, any two wheel drive car is good for the job.
There are two routes one can take, the south and the north one. The longer route is the one you would normally take on the outbound leg of your trip from Lhasa. Although it is possible to drive the distance in a day, the trip is normally split in two with an overnight stop in Gyantse, leading past Yamdrok Tso.
The shorter route takes about 4 hours maximum, including short stops - and goes direct from Shigatse to Lhasa. This is the route you would normally take on the return leg (if coming back to Lhasa by Land Cruiser).
There is very little traffic on the route by Chinese standards, hence even tourists (who are usually discouraged from driving in China) would be able to drive themselves, if self-drive tours were allowed/became more popular.
Written Nov 6, 2011
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