Saturday, April 15. 2006
VIDEO & PIX: 13th April: The friendship bridge to Tibet: Zhangmu
Saturday, April 15. 2006
Hi all you friends and followers.
Here’s a small update from the chilly Himalayan Hamster Hotel in Nyalam! While Thomas is resting after a nice hike up into the hills around Nyalam, Milan & I are working on images to show you this side of the world. Here is a quick update with video, text and images.
13th April: The friendship bridge to Tibet: Zhangmu
As mentioned we arrived in Zhangmu without much problems, the long line at the friendship bridge was not as bad as it seemed, the many porters carried all our gear over the bridge without problems and getting all our gear through Chinese customs went smoothly as well.
Zhangmu is a dirty small bordertown, complete with vague bars, cheap hookers ditto hotels and many restaurants. Not a place to stay too long.
The group spirit is great; everybody is enjoying the adventure of traveling to a place like this. Like many of the other 7summits expeditions, the experience of getting to the mountain is just as important as the actual climbing, and we are fortunate to have another great team that enjoys these cultural interactions just as much as I do personally.
Here is a photo impression of the border & Zhangmu:
