This has also become a regular feature on my blog. Here are my observations from Tibet.
- There is a police station/desk every corner. So carrying your passport and visa is a mandatory.
- Sweet tea with yak milk is heavenly. Just don’t look too closely on what it’s served in.
- People in Lhasa wear more face masks than in Beijing (said Sylvia and I now have to agree).
- I should have bought a yak shawl while in Kathmandu. Never mind, too late now.
- The Tibetans eat solely with a spoon.
- The smell of the butter in the temples is almost intoxicating.
- Also the butter is spilled everywhere in the temples, so get used to sticky feet.
- There are only so many monasteries you can watch.
- If you are wondering what kind of philosophical questions a monk might have for you, the monk we saw wanted to know if I color my hair.
- The Chinese in Tibet were the unfriendliest of all of China. Maybe because they know they don’t belong there?
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Sure, you will get a cup, it just doesn’t taste well :-) however I yesterday rediscovered the only Tibetan restaurant in Austria and it was delicious – I had Momos and something quite similar to sweet tea.
Amazing!!! Did you have butter tea while in Tibet? I wish I could smell what you smelled in the temples… I can almost picture/smell it! What a cheeky monk! lol
No butter tea for us. I stayed with the sweet tea.
Sweet tea with yak milk is only heavenly while you consume it there. I can name a few witnesses that back home it looks and unfortunately also tastes like water from your dish washer :-) maybe you need the altitude – just like it is with the Yeti ;-)
Oh, what a shame. So I won’t get a cup at your place?
love it :-)
Thanks!!
What is butter used for?
They use the liquid butter instead of wax. It’s a very peculiar smell and gets totally intense after a while. I think I wrote about it in one of the posts before.
Interesting thanks for sharing