Dy	Dates	Place	Alt. Name (More)	Altitude (ft.)	Sights
1-2	9/15-16	Kathmandu	Katmandu	4,500	Tibet Hotel Swayanbthnath (Monkey Temple) Durbar Square
3-5	9/17-19	Lhasa capital/largest city		11,900'	9/17 Lhasa Hotel 9/18 Potala (Dalai Lama's palace)   - Barkhor Square Market   - Jokhang Monastery 9/19 - Ganden Monastery (25 mi.)   - Sera Monastery - Debating Monks   - Norbulingka (summer palace) 9/20 - Mindoling Monastery
6	9/20	Tsetang 3rd largest city	Zêtang		Snow Pigeon Hotel Yumbu Lagang (castle in the sky)
7	9/21	Gyantse 4th largest city	Gyangzê	13,000	Gyangtse Hotel, 86 892 817-2222 Kumbum Stupa in Pelkor Chode Monastery Tibetan architecture
8	9/22	Shigatse 2nd largest city	Xigatsê, Zhigatse	12,660	Shigatse Hotel TashiLunpo Monastery Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory Tel. 86 892 882-2733
9-10	9/23-24	Old Tingri	Dingri	14,400	Start Camping
11	9/25	Pasum		16,300	See Eric Bolz' and Rainer Stalvik's pictures
12-13	9/26-27	Rongbuk Valley		16,500	Rongbuk Monastery Everest Base Camp (Chomolungma) 17,060
14	9/28	Tingri		14,400
15-16	9/29-30	Nyalam		12,300	Milarepa's Cave
17-18	10/1-2	Kathmandu		4,500	Boudh Nath stupa- largest in Napal - Shopping Ancient city/Kingdom of Bhaktapur Ancient city/Kingdom of Patan Tibetan refugee camp and carpet factory

Date	Where	Distance Time	Notes
13	LA 2:30 PM to Bangkok 11:20PM 9/14	18 hrs.	Stop at Osaka, Japan to refuel
15	Bangkok 10:30 AM to Kathmandu 13:35 PM	3 hrs.
17	Kathmandu to Lhasa (11,900')	1 hr.
		Miles
9/19	Lhasa to Ganden Mnsty.	50	(round trip)
9/20	Lhasa to Tsetang	121	paved road
9/21	Tsetang to Gyantse (13,000')	193	Khamba La Pass (15,728'), Karo La (16,470')
9/22	Gyantse to Shigatse (12,660')	56	paved road
9/23	Shigatse to Old Tingri (14,400')	172	Tra La (13,290'), Tsuo La (16,240'), Jai Tsuo (Gyatso) La (17,125')
9/25	Old Tingri to Pasum (16,300')	30	Lamar La pass 17,000-18,500' depending on route if we trek or a 16,000-16,900' pass depending on route if we take jeeps.
9/26	Pasum to Rongbuk (16,500')	8
9/27	Rongbuk to Everest Base (17,060')	8	(Round Trip)
9/28	Rongbuk to Old Tingri (14,400')	38	Pang La (17,060')
9/29	Tingri to Nyalam (12,300')	130	Tong La pass 16,500'
10/1	Nyalam to Zhangmu (7,540')	20
10/1	Zhangmu to Kathmandu (4,500')	71
	Total	897 mi.
10/3	Kathmandu to Bangkok	3 hrs.
10/4	Bangkok 7:35 AM to LA 10:55 AM	17.5 hrs.

Maps

Most of the trip will be in the Lhasa Municipality and the Shigatse Prefecture 
in  south central Tibet.

Road Map, Mt. Everest Region Map, Himalayan Mountains.

Weather
Lhasa  Av. Hi   Low
Sep   58°  84°  39°
Oct   49°  71°  23°
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Trip List:

Emergency Contact in Nepal:
Concessionaire: Dinesh & Jewlant Gorung, Crystal Mountain Treks, Katmandu.
Phone: 011 977 1 416 813
E-mail: dinesh@crystal.wlik.com.np

Sirdar: Ram Rai

Sierra Club Liaison: (415) 977-5686

Travel Agent: Govind Shahi, Himalayan Treasures and Travels, 800 223-1813 ,info@himalayantrekking.com

Hotels:
Thailand: Amari Hotel, Bangkok 

Nepal: Tibet Hotel, Lazimpat, Kathmandu
977 429-085

Tibet: Lhasa Hotel, Lhasa
86 891 683 2221
sales@public.ls.xz.cn

Snow Pigeon, Tsedang
1 Hudel Rd
86 893 782-8888

Gyangtse Hotel, Gyangyse
8 Yingxiong Nanlh
86 892 817-2222

Shigatse Hotel, shigatse
13 Jiefang Middle Rd
892 882-2525
Travel Insurance:
Travel Insured International, 800 243-3174

Embassys:
American Embassy in Panipokhari, Kathmandu, Nepal . Tel: +977 1 411179
The American Embassy in China
 Tibet falls in the region of the The US Consulate in Chengdu
Tel: (28) 558-3992, 558-9642 
Email: consularchengdu@state.gov