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Himalaya

Day 64: Shigatse to Lhasa

Boys are sent away to monasteries from the age of six, emulating the traditional English boarding school approach to education.

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Start reading the book Introduction Postscript Day 1: Up the Khyber Day 2: Peshawar Day 3: South to Darra Adam Khel Day 4: Fatehjang Day 5: Taxila Day 7: Peshawar to the Kalash Valleys Day 8: The Kalash Valleys Day 9: To Chitral Day 10: Chitral Day 12: Chitral Day 13: Chitral to Mastuj Day 15: From Mastuj Fort to the Shandur Pass Day 16: The Shandur Pass Day 17: The Shandur Pass Day 18: The Shandur Pass Day 19: The Karakoram Highway Day 20: Gilgit to Skardu Day 21: Skardu to Concordia Day 23: Islamabad Day 24: Rawalpindi Day 25: Rawalpindi to Lahore Day 26: Lahore Day 27: Lahore Day 28: Lahore to Amritsar Day 30: Amritsar Day 31: Amritsar to Chandigarh Day 32: Chandigarh to Shimla Day 34: Shimla Day 35: Shimla to Dharamsala Day 36: Dharamsala and McLeodganj Day 38: Dharamsala and McLeodganj Day 40: Srinagar, Kashmir Day 41: Srinagar Day 42: Ladakh Day 44: Kathmandu Day 46: Kathmandu to Lekhani Day 47: Lekhani Day 48: Lekhani to Pokhara Day 49: Pokhara to Chomrung Day 50: Chomrung to Dovan Day 51: Dovan to Derali Day 52: Derali to Machhapuchhre Base Camp Day 53: to Annapurna Base Camp Day 54: Annapurna Base Camp to Pokhara Day 56: Kathmandu Day 57: Kathmandu Day 58: Kathmandu to the Chinese border Day 59: Xangmu to Tingri Day 60: Tingri to Rongbuk Day 61: Rongbuk Day 62: Rongbuk to Everest Base Camp Day 63: Rongbuk to Shigatse Day 64: Shigatse to Lhasa Day 65: Lhasa Day 66: Lhasa Day 67: Lhasa Day 68: Lhasa Day 69: North from Lhasa Day 71: Near Yushu, Qinghai Province Day 72: Yushu Day 73: Yushu Day 74: Yushu Day 76: Shigu to the Tiger Leaping Gorge Day 77: Tiger Leaping Gorge Day 79: Lugu Lake Day 80: Lugu Lake Day 81: Lugu Lake Day 82: Lugu Lake to Lijiang Day 83: Lijiang Day 85: Lijiang Day 86: Lijiang Day 87: Lijiang to Kunming Day 88: Kunming Day 90: Longwa Day 91: Longwa Day 92: Longwa to Digboi Day 93: Digboi, Assam Day 94: Digboi to Dibrugah Day 95: Dibrugah Day 97: Dibrugah to Majuli Island Day 98: Majuli Island Day 99: Majuli to Kaziranga Day 100: Kaziranga Day 101: Kaziranga to Guwahati Day 103: Gantey Day 104: Gantey Day 105: Gantey to Thimpu Day 106: Thimpu to Takstang Day 108: Jangothang Day 109: Jangothang to Takengthanka Day 110: Takengthanka to Sharma Zampa Day 111: Sharma Zampa to Paro Day 112: Paro Day 114: Paro Day 115: Paro Day 117: Near Sylhet, Bangladesh Day 118: Sylhet Day 119: Chittagong Day 121: Dhaka Day 123: Dhaka to the Delta Day 124: Chandpur to Mongla Day 125: Mongla to the Bay of Bengal Acknowledgements Reading matter

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PALIN'S GUIDES

• Series: Himalaya
• Chapter: Day 64: Shigatse to Lhasa
• Country/sea: Tibet
• Place: Shigatse
• Book page no: 155

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