twelfth....tibetan air.

22.10.07.
8.30am...WOKE...CUPPA COFFEE.
10.00AM...STILL IN BED.
10.10AM...KNOCK ON DOOR...POLISH COUPLE...WANT US TO COME TO RECEPTION TO DISCUSS TIBET.
10.30AM...RECEPTION...THEY STILL DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE PERMITS...GOTTA COME BACK AT 5.00PM.
11.15AM...BACON/EGG SARNIE...NU HAD PORRIDGE WITH FRUIT.
12.05PM...ATM...SUPERMARKET.
12.55PM...ATTEMPTING TO READ PAPERBACK I HAVE PURLOINED FROM GUESTHOUSE LIBRARY.
3.30PM...STARTED TAKING TABS FOR ALTITUDE SICKNESS.
3.50PM...WAITING FOR SPAG BOL.
5.00PM...WE HAVE PERMITS.
5.45PM...PAY AN INDECENT FEE TO GO TO TIBET.
7.00PM...SITTING WITH POLISH COUPLE...OUR TRAVEL COMPANIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
8.15PM...HAVING SWEET/SOUR PORK...BOTTLE OF RED.
9.20PM...TOLD RECEPTION TO GIVE US A CALL AT 4.45AM...TAXI AT 5.50AM...FLY AT 7.50AM.
9.40PM...OFF TO BED.


23.10.07.
4.45AM...EARLY MORNING KNOCK...LAY FOR NEXT 15 MINS.
5.00AM...SITTING ON SIDE OF BED.
5.10AM...SHOWER.
5.35AM...PACKED.
5.45AM...WAITING FOR TAXI.
6.30AM...AIRPORT.
6.55AM...FOUND A COPY OF SUNDAY MAIL...1ST ENGLISH PAPER I'VE SEEN IN 5 WEEKS.
7.50AM...FLYING.
8.20AM...FOOD SERVED ON PLANE AWFUL...LUCKILY WE'D BOUGHT SOME CRACKERS AND CHEESE WITH US.
9.55AM...LANDED...VERY PLEASANT FLIGHT...NEWISH PLANE...PLENTY LEG ROOM.
10.20AM...COLLECTED BAGS...WOMAN GUIDE WAITING TO TAKE US TO LLASA TOWN CENTRE AND HOTEL.
10.30AM...BOUGHT OXYGEN...NOT FEELING TO GOOD...FEEL DIZZY.
11.40AM...ARRIVED AT HOTEL...NOT FEELING TO GOOD...THIN AIR NOT OBLIGING.
12.20PM...FELL ASLEEP.
3.30PM...WOKE.
4.05PM...SITTING IN TIBET CAFE WITH LOCAL BEER...TALLEST BOTTLE...SMALLEST GLASS...NU HAD A FLASK OF TEA...BUT AS PUSHED CORK LID INTO FAR...OH DEAR...INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT!
4.25PM...EATING GALLYFAN[MIGHT BE SPELT DIFFERENT]...MEAT...SPUD...RICE...RAW SHREDDED CARROT...IN SOME GRAVY...WENT DOWN WELL...UNSURE OF MEAT...NU NOT THAT SMITTEN.
5.30PM...BACK AT HOTEL YAK...HAVING A BEER IN TERRACE CAFE...DON'T FEEL TO GOOD AGAIN.
6.10PM...BOOKED FLIGHT TICKETS TO KUMNING FOR THE 26TH OCT...WAS GONNA TAKE HIGH ALTITUDE TRAIN TO BEIJENG...BUT FLYING TO KUMNING SHOULD BE CHEAPER?
6.55PM...BACK IN ROOM...HEADACHEY...JUST LYING ON BED.


THE LESS WE KNOW...THE MORE WE ACHIEVE.

BYE FOR NOWZ.