Tibet: Tsetang

We left our hotel in Zhongdian at around 7:30am and flew to Lhasa. Here, we met our Tibetan guide, Yarphel.

On the way to Tsetang, we encountered a speed trap and our driver got a ticket. A little after noon, we arrived a Tsetang and checked into the Snow Pigeon Hotel. It definitely wasn't as nice as some of previous hotels (water smelled funny, closet doors where broken, etc). For lunch, we could order our own dishes. Some of our dishes included fried yak momos and fried apple momos. Momos are Tibetan dumplings similar to potstickers.

After lunch, we visited Yumbulagang Palace, one of the first buildings in Tibet. Everyone in the tour group payed to ride guided horses up the steep path up to the building except for the guide and I. The main problem with the walk up for me was dodging horse droppings.

Our final stop for the day was Trandruk Monastery which is supposed to be one of Tibet's oldest Buddhist monasteries.

For dinner, one of the dishes we had was steam yak momos.