I Went To Tibet, China’s Most Restricted Province (
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2023
- Tibet. A land that is known by many, and seen by very few. As a foreigner, it's the most restricted place to visit in China. You need to register in advance for a group tour, who will get you all the required paperwork for going around.
But once you get there, once you touch down in Lhasa, you have to forget about all that. It's a beautiful place, with incredibly friendly people. I couldn't wait to experience it, starting with the capital city.
One thing I couldn't forget though was the altitude..
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Definitely the most fatigued I've ever been while filming a video, that altitude is wild. But happy to be in Tibet. Part 2 is next
😮 oi vey, not sure my lungs could take the elevation. Grabbing a coffee for another virtual world tour episode 😊
Awesome! I want to see Drak Yerpa near Lhasa. It's a complex of caves and a monastery located about an hour's drive from Lhasa. It's known for its numerous meditation caves that have been used by Tibetan Buddhist yogis and meditation practitioners for centuries. The seclusion and natural setting of Drak Yerpa contribute to its mystical allure. There are reports of yogis who can levitate and walk through walls who meditated in those caves. Pretty neat and spooky stuff dude.
Please go to south of tibet ,motuo
@SabbaticalTommy Hey Brooklyn! They got any apples in Lhasa? How do ya like 'em?
Even when fatigued, you are still doing an awesome job, Tommy! Love your videos.
The reason you may not have liked the food, or thought it was bland, is because our perception of saltiness drops by 30% at altitude. Pretty crazy!
same thing with airplane food. a lot of it is specially concocted for the dulled taste buds at high altitude.
We had great food in Lhasa when I visited 25 years ago. Mostly it was Nepalese style (or more like Indian style) food but the restaurants were owned and run by Tibetans. In our hostel we had Yak burgers (great), pizza, curries. I would imagine strictly traditional 'Tibetan' food might be bland. When accidentally finding a monastary in the middle of nowhere on a hike in the hills behind Lhasa I had my first (and last) taste of Yak Butter Tea. I just couldn't drink it and if I took a little sip they would add more to my cup. I finally told them I couldn't drink it and set it down. The monks were polite. They were all making candles for an upcoming celebration of the Dalai Lhama's birthday and I was sitting in a back room with a big picture of the Dalai Lhama. I'm pretty sure it was illegal.
Hypoxia is another reason
@@garywilson1688 I gather it weren't that strict before the latest round of riot hit in 2008. Even today they keep his throne and pavilion, officially, anticipating his return. There's quite some sympathy toward the old man in China, while Dalai Lama had expressed willingness in the 2000s to be allowed preaching at Mount Wutai - traditionally the temporary seat for Dalai Lama for its proximity to Beijing, where the emperor resided. After all, he was just a token figure in the whole feud. It's now understood that being a young man of good nature wasn't sufficient to wrestle with the players involved at the time - the Brits and Americans, Nehru, and Mao. It was never up to him alone.
@@theolich4384 if you know facts about the current dalai lama you might not be saying some of the stuff you did. lol although he was young when he fled to india, he was a LOT less sympathetic and a LOT darker figure than most people want to believe, i.e. to ascend to the "dalai lama" status from the apprenticeship, he gang raped an underaged virgin girl with his "master teacher" (part of the old "traditional" tibetan buddhism ritual banned after the tibetan liberation, along with others like using freshly killed slave's shin bone and skull as "sacred" religious instruments...etc.) btw, tibetan buddhism is VASTLY different than mainstream buddhism people have formed the perception of the religion from. simply put, it's far more primitive and violent. "destroying tibetan buddhism traditions" is a token phrase the current dalai lama has been accusing chinese government of. it's actual referring to the reforms imposed by the government to bring the religious practices to modern era! politically, he knowingly and willingly sent his brother and a couple of cousins to a gorilla warfare training camp in colorado run by CIA AND had received annual stipend from CIA in the $200K range till at least 1990's (exposed by the memoir of the retired CIA agent who was his handler...) yeah he is all peace-loving and wholesome. lol
I cannot travel anymore because of my age and declining health. It is people like you who make me enjoy the travels I can join just watching you. Thank you very much and all the best to you
hope you stay healthy❤
Sorry to hear about your condition. I wish you have lots of years ahead to enjoy technology enabled entertainment.
Thank you my friend@@bruceliu9436
Thank you@@fusionwithyou
Thank you@@antihypocrisy8978
i am from China and was in Lhasa in 2016. It felt good to see the city from your camera. I like your style very much:1. you shoot all the time and show the details and trivia things, which actually improve the feeling of realness; 2. you do not talk too much so people can spend more time to view the video; 3. you behave super natual and organic when communicating with locals, not intentially to pretend to be "visitors". all in all, very relaxing and real feeling, just like i was with you in the street of lhasa again, thanks a lot!!
So you’re from Tibet not China
@@Stolas1777 tibet is part of china
@@Stolas1777 how this is what you got from that is funny. I'm from new york and i visited Honolulu. Hawaii is still part if the USA, same as tibet is part if China
@@Stolas1777 Who are you？
Gosh! I’m so jealous - 1, your mandarin is fantastic…. I’m encouraged to go back to learning… 2, your travels through china are so alluring and interesting. I wish i could travel with you.
Those two kids were so delightful and courageous. The payback ice cream was super classy. Mad respect, bro.
Thank you for taking the journey and sharing it with us
Those 2 little girls were so adorable. They looked like they had a cool style and I liked how they seemed interested to speak to a foreigner and they weren't timid they held themselves well. Beautiful country.
As a father of a daughter I thought the same thing. Reminded me of when she was a little annoying kid just like that.
I don't understand why these western fools always try to "free" Tibet. Aren't these Tibetans living in peace and happy? Aren't these Tibetan kids happy? Do you American fools try to "free" them just like you "free" Lybia, Iraq, Syria or Afganstan????? No you western fools did not free them, you pushed them into HELL ! And you think Tibet needed to be freed by you westerners, but you only just try to push this place into hell again!!! By the way, Tibet is part of China since Qing Dynasty, it is not "conquered" by China, it is part of China earlier than the USA even existed. I suggest you western fools care more about your own country, as you can see, Tibet is much more peaceful and harmany than any of your countries !!!
Well they probably are not aware of our paedophiles in the West or the old feudal Tibet
Definitely it's such a beautiful country.
some one said that FREE TIBET !!from USA
Thank for the video. It was amazing loved it. Thanks for mentioning HH dalaï lama in Tibet. Bravo I felt so much love. Thanks again.
Thanks Tommy! Keep doing what you’re doing, I appreciate the hard work and it’s coming through loud and clear!
Flying in to Tibet by plane is definitely a shock to the body. There’s also a long distance sleeper train with pressurized cabins that goes to Lhasa. It’s a very scenic route.
I want to do that (the train) someday!
i have done that train in 2016 summer, from beijing to lhasa, but it still took me 1 day to get used to the height haha, the trip was nice
Free Tibet
tibet was freed already, stop living in a cave@@Bayerncomprz
“pressurized cabins” wow. So what happens when they reached the destination?
I love how he gives us genuine information on the places he travels to. I also appreciate his humor and attitutde towards life in general. Very interesting channel, I am so glad to have found it
You trolls know why he's having to be so careful. Chinese secret police are everywhere in Tibet. Such is China's fear.
He is giving us a lot of CCP propaganda too. Tibet wasn't a part of China until recently. The dragon's hunger is never satisfied.
Agree
Agree!! I first I thought he was so low-key. But after watching one or two, I am hooked!!
Tommy is great. I’ve been hooked since he started posting. He shows the REAL cultures. I’d say in general most people are happy and welcoming. Enjoy 👊🏼
Glad you are getting a chance to show us Tibet. Super strict to get around there, and glad you were finally able to catch a bit of breath to do the video lol!
thanks for sharing YOUR EXPERIENCE IN TIBET, Lhasa.
What a great look inside Tibet, you rarely hear or see anything about it so this is a real treat! Thank you x
Really loved this video. So very friendly there and great to see such happy kids. FYI the higher you go in altitude, these less your sense of taste/smell - at least until well acclimatized to the altitude. THUMBS UP!
Thanks for this video. Brought me lots of memories. Such a privilege to say I been there. ❤
I went to Lhasa back in 2000. This video brings back some good memories, and some bad ones. I ate too much and the altitude kicked my ass because digestion wasn't working well enough haha. Was sick in the hotel for a full day.
There was no where near that much security back then though, we basically could wander around the town freely. How times have changed. Thanks for bringing back those memories.
Went to Tibet in 97 with my Japanese friend. Illegally (by bus from Garamu or Golmud on Google Maps). Once we got to Lhasa (which was a story in itself) we were free to roam around the city. Potala Gong was much less crowded. I know the feeling of the altitude. Even though we were on a bus for 72 hours at altitude when we got to our hostel in Lhasa these Tibetan girls working there started taking our bags up to our third floor room. I thought to myself "Hey, I'm a MAN! I can carry my own bags!" I kept my thoughts to myself.
Let me clarify the 'illegally' part. There was a legal way to take the bus to Lhasa but the bus price was twice as much as we were able to negotiate. I was leaning towards the legal route but my Japanese schoolmates opted for the illegal way and I went along. Being white I stuck out like a sore thumb compared to my schoolmates. The bus driver hid me under a bunch of blankets at each check point but at one checkpoint in Amdo in the middle of the night our bus was stopped and we had to drive into a compound. As I was hiding under the blankets the bus driver came back and told us "Everybody off the bus!" and looked straight at me. So I got off. After a long time (and I'm sure some financial negotiations) we were allowed back on the bus. After we got going the bus driver (there were two drivers who traided off) came back and said "I told you to stay under the blankets!" I said I thought you told ME to get off. He just shook his head at the dumb foreigner.
@@garywilson1688even back then you needed a tour and a visa i think in thpse "boom" times things were so chaotic they didnt check or enforce things for you.. But it was closed and tuere was a visa neded.. Hence the "checkpoints" you mention
How do you walk around freely if its a most restricted area in the world.
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 You needed a 'visa' (entry permit really) but you didn't need to be on a tour. Once we got into Lhasa we were fine. We flew back and there were no checks at the airport (which we were a little worried about). We didn't go on any tours to areas outside Lhasa because we were worried about not having entry permits. There were many Israelis there who had just finished their military service and were seeing the world before starting college or work as well as other nationalities. Koreans were pretty abundant too (they sure are fun loving). Many foreigners were going to take the bus to Nepal, which was still open to do then. There were virtually no Chinese tourists back then, not like in Tommy's video. Going to the Potala Gong was easy - not crowded at all (I think it was 10 yuan entry). There was this young monk as you walk up this steep road on the back to get in who was blocking the road asking for donations. If you tried to just walk past him he would grab you. I had fun with it and tried to juke him running past him like a tailback. I tried 3-4 times and each time he 'tackled' me. We all laughed and I gave him $20 yuan.
@@garywilson1688 you needed to be on a tour with other people of your nationality, its just it was poorly enforced. Golden times
Love this episode. I command you went thru all the hassles in getting a permit to visit Tibet as a foreigner. Looking forward to more interesting things you experience in Tibet.
I am sooooo addicted to your awesome vlog! Super interesting, and I really learn a lot!!
pretty cool....TIBET!!! I love how you captured your first moments
Your tour guide seemed very down to earth, wanted you to have a good time while looking out for your best interest. Another great video, thank you
7:48 Geez. Lovely scenery in that country. TY, for excellent report (as usual).
its nice see my homeland again in your video, Thank you and wonderful content ,looking forward more cotent of you video
Great video, really pleased I found this channel.
Loved the tour guide! Really laid back and friendly guy.
This channel is one of the rare gems that you find once or twice in your life times.Full of wisdom.
I do loves your videos .. thanks for sharing it hope oneday i could travel just like you.. i loved it when you speaks different languages
Watching as Tibetan refugee from India ......you are so lucky ..i could see my mother land from yr vlog
Very sad😢
Nothing you can do except watching in UA-cam.
Dalai Lama is that you?
U separatist are not allowed in chinas tibet.stay in ur stepmother india
@@RoseRose-gk6kushut up u ccp bot
Thank you for letting us see Lhasa so up close! Looking forward to the next parts. Keep up the good work.
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TIBET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
@chynavirusakawuflu9961 My God man. Do you seriously have to comment this on every single comment? What do you want us to do? Go there and free Tibet? Let me pack my bags, load up my firearms, and say goodbye to my kids so I can free Tibet for ya, lol. The insanity of people boggles the mind.
@@sabik6979yes thats exactly what he wants you to do👍
Loving this series Tom
Just love this video! I feel like I’m there with you!
What a fascinating video. You bring us on a journey and an experience that we as viewers could only dream about. Your interaction with the people you meet on your journey is so humble and friendly that they immediately warm to your personality. Tibet is just another example of a part of the world that is a mystery to so many people. Here you bring us an insight into the place and it's wonderful people. Thank you Tommy for such great and unique content 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Those 2 kids were adorable! Thanks again for the cat cameo.
Really fascinating, you taking us all along on your journeys. We're all learning so much about places many of us will never go to. Thanks so much!
Thanks for wonderful video
Great video yet again Tommy! Look forward to the next one
No foreign brand ? Nike and Addidas shop were in front of you where the bicycle guy drop you off , lol
the highest McDonald's restaurant is in Lhasa
fake
noticed that too
@@ParsaPLANand Burger king😂
嘿嘿，这个人很阴险
Great series!
your channel is very interesting . we are learning china through your point of the view. thank you so much. my family ( originally from china) is following you.
❤Super love this video! Thanks for sharing your experience!
As a half-Tibetan, half-Han Chinese living in the U.S., there are a few notes I'd like to share: ① It's not just foreigners; Tibetans from the other four Tibetan regions of China (Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu) face the same stringent identity checks upon arrival in Tibet. This initiative is mainly to prevent the occurrence of Tibetan riots like the one that happened in March 2008. My hometown (Sichuan, Maerkang) is in the Tibetan region of Sichuan, and both times I entered Tibet, I received rigorous vetting, which was a bit of a hassle. Still, I understand because my hometown also experienced the same riots in 2008, which left many innocent civilians devastated and traumatized. I support such measures. And I hope those traveling to Tibet will understand! ② The first place the Tibetan people visit when they reach Lhasa is not the Potala Palace but the Jokhang( Da Zhao Monastery), which is close. Because the statue of Siddhartha Gautama's eight-year-old equivalent is enshrined, it's kind of like a tradition that every Tibetan and believing Buddhist will first go to worship Siddhartha Mani to tell him of their arrival. ③ In this video, a person took a bunch of change because the Tibetan people go into the Potala Palace, and all the temples to worship will take the change for worshiping these statues. You can actually exchange large bills for change directly on the offering table at the temple you enter. The amount of money offered is not important. Tibetans usually use 1-5 jiao CNY ($0.014-0.068). ④ If you are afraid of the plateau reaction, you can choose the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to enter Tibet and slowly adapt to the plateau climate. The trip will be less painful.
Thanks a lot for your great information!!! 👍🏻
@@louisw4155 It makes me happy to see so many videos that truly reflect China! 😆
Thank you so much for sharing, I’ve been to Tibet, loved so much and talked to a lot of locals, the amount of support from the government helping Tibeten is incredible 🎉 and very much appreciated there. Will find a time to go visit again❤
Tibete o povo vive na escravatura imposta pelos chineses
I am so confused with the statement Tibet is not apart of china, the riots are for the freedom of Tibetans under Chinese regime I don’t know what ur spreading bout tibet but I wish u luck because if u are half Tibetan I urge u to research the struggles and trauma ur ppl are currently facing. This is not in a rude way as well, honestly I mean good intentions but pls research and see the sufferings many are going through
It's incredible to see a place through your eyes, I'll never see through my own for reasons I don't really need to go into (my occupation). Thank you!
Thanks for going through Tibet, was hoping you're cover it to on this journey of yours. Thu Che Chay!
Thank you for sharing your experience 😊
Hi Tommy la, I hit the subscribe button and gave you a like 👍. I love how you recently went to Lhasa, Tibet and made a vlog to show the reality of Tibetan people’s lives in Tibet. Jamten From NY. ❤❤❤
Wow. Thats incredible. This whole video was fascinating. How high up it was.. those mountains in the background. That palace!!!!
Ive been on some pretty tall mountains.. and breathing was rough even at those lower (in comparison) altitudes. Can only imagine what it was like for you there.
Thanks so much for sharing!!
That VIEW!!!!! Of the cityscape! WOW.
Unforgettable good video. Humor indulgent for sure. This was as good as it gets to be as close to experiencing the palace without being there to touch it. Hey, it's breath-taking. Apparently, it's literally breathtaking for those who are trying to catch their breath. I was laughing through 90% of it. Looking forward to Part 2.
I enjoy your videos, because you make diferent videos, visit diferent,rare, not so popular or common places. Very interesting. Have a good time, cheers from Slovenia 🎉😊
Love seeing the hotel rooms!!! Please show more of we’re your staying more
I’ve been living in China for over over ten years, and I absolutely love your videos. I especially appreciate this one, because I’ve always wanted to go to Tibet. I think I would have a harder time breathing that you, so I’m enjoying this vicariously.
You don't have to go to Tibet itself. Go to tibetan regions in the surrounding provinces and you'll have a great time. Lhasa is only 3500 meters. A lot of areas in aba and Garze are over 4000m
@@Oliversykes- I know. I spent 3 weeks in Tibet and 1 month in Garze. I honestly prefer Garze to Tibet proper
16:42 what a beautiful Tibet. Nice houses, maybe restored or newly built? The streets are clean, there is no litter, no chaotically arranged things. Everything looks tastefully arranged and nice people
@@chynavirusakawuflu9961Troll. Free yourself 1st.
But this what the government has allowed to him to see. It’s like visiting New York but you are not allowed in Brooklyn The Bronx or New Jersey.
@@TheManuel012009 You are locked up in a small room, waiting for the Western media to feed you all kinds of false information, acting like you know the whole world.😂
Why don’t you open up Tibet and let the western world see it for what it is then? Commie!
@@TheManuel012009 I’m afraid you only know Tibet. There is also a lot of Tibetan culture in Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Inner Mongolia. Kang, Uszang, Amdo, and Ngari are all Tibetan cultural areas divided by Tibetans themselves. Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Inner Mongolia, these four provinces do not have special identification for foreigners, and you can visit them at will. Close to my hometown in western Sichuan, there is a place called Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, where 87% of the population is Tibetan. Why don’t Westerners pay attention to the “tragic lives” of Tibetans in these places?
Hi watching From New York… I am a Tibetan American here in New York. Glad to come across your channel today..lucky you.. I wish I can go!!!
You are so chilled man.
Great video as always Tommy! Beautiful place. Damn Tommy youre messing up my bucket list😂
Wow I was just at the china (Tibet) Nepal border in upper mustang area. I dream of the day I can visit the mainland tibet. I hope to see more videos!
Lovely vlog, beautiful Tibet ❤
Fascinating video, especially the generous children
Your content is awesome! Thanks for sharing! I visited Tibet in 2006 when living in Hong Kong. Incredible place. We obtained our permits at a hostel in Chengdu where we spent a night. Traveled through Giantse, Shigatse, Samie and back to Lhasa. Altitude sickness was brutal in Shigatse. Ended up at a military hospital, most likely would have died otherwise.
That's why you need a premit to go to Tibet, Chinese goverments don't want to hear any foreigner dead in Tibet cuz of altitude sickness or wild animals.
@@whatever6375 we were a group of five and the person needing emergency medical attention was Chinese not a foreigner. Everyone needs a permit to Tibet and other permits for specific regions in Tibet. Most people are affected by altitude sickness, in Tibet hostel you are given yak tea, most Chinese tourists carry Chinese medicine vials or Oxygen cans. In Hong Kong my doctor suggested I take Diamox prior to the trip. I actually trained for weeks at my gym (Pure fitness) that had a low oxygen room. We just had a very aggressive itinerary and pretty much from Lhasa is uphill to the west.
This is normal, I’m not Tibet & not Chinese but as their neighbors country I know well
Back in 80-90 & 00s, WHITE (LATINOS OR BLACK whatever not Asian is easy to stand out because they’re look different & at that times mostly ASIAN COUNTRY IS NOT OPEN WITH THE WORLD YET)
And special AREAS WITH DIFFERENT RELIGION AS TIBET OR XINJIANG OR MILITARY AREAS IS STRICT BECAUSE THEYRE DONG BELIEVE WESTERN & FOREIGN.
Alots White & WESTERN JOURNALISTS IS SPY & WRITTEN LIARS TO CREATE CHAOTIC, HATEFUL & BIAS VIEWS!!
So in mostly OFFICIAL WORKERS THEY LOOK DOWN ON THESE PPL & NOT WELCOME THEM.
It’s been happend alots times, not hearsay or guess. So Gorvement think STRICT VISA & DONT LET WHITE & WESTERN & FORIGNERS GO THERE IS THE BEST SOLUTION.
In my country, Western journalists still spreading liars about minorities treament.
Minorities can break laws & not get caught if it’s MINORS FINE & MINOR CRIMES!!
Minorities kid get 2,5/3 POINTS ADD IN THEIR SCORE IN UNIVERSITY TEST
Minorities still talking their language, wear their dress in their house & hometown. BUT MOSTLY YOUNGFUP GENERATION LIKE MODERM CLOTHES & WEAR IT, in US & WESTERN MEDIA IT TURN INTO FORCE PPL DONT LET TUEY WEAR THEIR TRADITIONAL DRESS, CLEAN WIPE OFF TRADIONAL.
Alots US & Western journalists & media nowadays is lost their professional, to earn ATTENTION they can written alots fake liars news.
Not all, but alots. US & Western journalists use to be professional & freedoms, but lately they’re become crazy bias & unprofessional.
@@whatever6375
There are happend in my country too. White & Western is avoid advice, crimb In moutain & not follow rules or guide & then get accidents. THE WHOLE CITY MUST GO TO FIND THRM & HELP THEM!!
After all, in their US & WESTERN & their homeland Country their media spreading UNGRATEFUL ATTITUDE AS ITS DANGEROUS PLACE, COMMUNIST COUNTRY.
It make my blood boiling how can they act so lowkey & brainwashed like this?? Their brainwashed levels is so damn high
Ridiculous alots well & high education ppl is brainwashed too, they’re easy to believe bias shit.
I’m not blame them, because they get feed by fake liars & bias news with violent stuff everyday, everywhere!!
Is US & Western & non Asia country, all news about China or East Asia & Southeast Asia is bad news, racist news & bias news!!
It’s rarely to see fair & positive news!!
US & WESTERN IS SUCCESSFUL AT BRAINWASHED THEIR PEOPLE & YOUNGFUL GENERATION ALREADY!!
It’s so warming when you bought ice cream to pay back the kindness from the kids. I guess the kids were curious to foreigner but they were been a little shy so they acted in that way😌
@@chynavirusakawuflu9961 pipe dream
another cool video tommy thank you
Fantastic video, friendly people and must have been an amazing experience. I've been many times in China and likes it a lot. Hope I get time to see some more of the places in China but not sure about Tibet due to the altitude so I guess it take some time getting used to it
Tibet had been freed from the hands of Dalai Lama@@chynavirusakawuflu9961
if you are generally healthy, it usually took 2-3 days to get used to the altitude, not a big deal, lhasa is less than 4000m
just be careful do not get a cold in Tibet, because of the high altitude, it easily caused the lung problem, which could be very dangerous
@@ShinyaBlue ok, thanks for info
Foreigner at 14,000 ft, no hat, short sleeves, shorts, soaking up those UV rays. Tibetans, covered up.
14:45 Starting to learn. Well done.
Loving this video. Thanks
Thanks for the video
Thank you so much for showing us around the lhasa.
wonderful to see through honest eyes on Tibet. Good and nice people. You are totally exhausted at this altitude. Cannot imagine less healthy traveling there. Thanks for sharing.
The first book I ever read in my life was "The third eye" by Lobsang Rampa, I was about 13(now 65) at the time. It was about a kid growing up in Tibet and studying at a monastery. I never forgot the impressions about life there, know I get to see what it's like. Thanks for the opportunity to see and feel what's it like.
Woii u really love that book u remember it Fter so many yrs god nkess love from. ,uk
Good one! Thank you.
Super interesting. Thanks for going thru all the trouble and work to film this!
Wow! So different now. I went to Llasa in 1986 and it was full of hippies and super chill! The altitude didn't hit me hard, but several people I was traveling with were bedridden for a few days! Loved the bazaar in town where all the traders came from all around with yak based products! Especially loved the yak heads for sale.
I’d recommend heading to some of the Tibetan areas of Sichuan & Qinghai if possible. Easier (although still plenty of checkpoints) to get around as a lone traveller and some real gems out there off the tourist path with authentic Tibetan culture and people and great scenery 😄 they were my favourite parts of the country hands down after visiting most provinces!
Good point, there’s easier places to access that also have Tibetan culture!
I also did about a month in Qinghai back in 2014. It was great to speak freely to Tibetans for long lengths of time. Definitely some conflicted feelings amongst the people, at least at that time. On the one hand, they welcomed the improved infrastructure. On the other, there is no secret they can't live their previous way of life freely. You will hear the positives if you only talk to them over dinner. Once you befriend them and prove your good faith, you'll hear the long list of negatives. At the time there was a massive highway being paved through the Kunlun mountains and part of the construction involved a lot of blasting on a mountain the locals considered holy, with no consultation with them of course. This was a common topic of discussion when I was hiking out there, even saw a Golok horseman throw a rock through a dormant excavator's window one night.
@@generalmartok3990 I think that’s pretty much how PRC China has worked as a whole. It wouldn’t be unique to Tibet. Things just get built in the declared public interest, and opposition to such activity will be ignored at best.
The main difference is, Tibet was just on a longer time frame and most of those controversies are long gone in other provinces.
Another killer vid. Keep it up, I love it.
I really hope u get to travel the country side of tibet bro iv wanted to see it forever, keep up the amazing content brotha
Thank you 🙏, showing my beautiful country Tibet land of peace ✌️
Took a train to Lhasa a few years ago in December. Freezing. No buildings were heated. Passport checkpoints everywhere. Still my favorite city in China. Continued overland to Katmandu. The most fascinating trip of my life.
How do people warm their homes?
Cooking fires provide some warmth and building materials are insulating drawing warmth from the sun. Lots of layers of clothing and then it is just a mental adjustment - cold is a way of life.
It is not a city in Chin a just to correct Tibet is its own country
@@ten3335keep lying to yourself
That food looked amazing! reminded me of when I was in Dali and Lijiang
I like your video. It's so raw. You actually shared your experience. I went to Nepal two years ago and my experience was not as intense as yours. Maybe it's the altitude. It was not a problem for me. I always want to go to Tibet but red tape is a bummer.
Many people take the train to Tibet. It takes several days to get there, but your body will adjust to the altitude much better, and you can see beautiful landscapes along the way.
Fantastic point…I’d be scared to fly straight into Lhasa!!
In the shot directly before you said there were no foreign brands there was a Nike store in the background! Just an observation, love your content man!
Thank you brother for this video. i really enjoyed it. I am from this city. Tashi delek 🎉
I stumbled on your channel and I am now hooked. Thanks a lot. I have been wasting my life watching all your videos. Hahaha. Dude your channel is incredible keep it up.
I watch your videos regularly,I am an Indian even I need a permit to go to some places in my own country and if you are a foreigner chances are you may not all be allowed
Thanks for sharing your experience. Tibet used to be a target for terrorism and thus the restriction. I do think the permit can be loosen up a little bit now that the terrorism died down over time.
@@hdvoice the restricted places are at the border with China,state of Arunachal Pradesh people look Chinese
I know of a person from Tibet. He looks Indian. He must be an ethnic minority there.
Tibet is a very dangerous plave for tourists that's why you need to go ther with a group of people and a guide. Why? Because Tibet is one of the highest regions on Earth. It has an average elevation of ∼4,000 m, a barometric pressure of
That’s lie. Tibet is not dangerous place to visit. In fact Tibet is of most safest and most welcomed tourists by Tibetans and their hospitality. Chinese government doesn’t want outside world know what’s going there. CCP wants hide the reality and only shows u their designated places and things. They don’t wanna outside world to see oppression, repression, cultural oppression, environment destruction, suppression of Tibetan people, Tibetan culture, tradition and religion.
Lol… I’ve a friend from Shanghai, and managed to make a trip to Tibet. The first thing her guide got for her were 6 cans of oxygen… lol… carried 5 for her all the time, with water and some food. Fit bugger
Thank you for showing our beautiful city Lhasa to the world n to the Tibetans outside Tibet . Which is dream come true .enjoy your days in tibet and it’s natural beauty.
Love you, Tommy!
wow. 😂. so interesting place i haven't ever been although i am a Chinese. i will go there this year or next. hope you would take us to visit the places that are not so popular to people.
i would love to go to tibet one day
I will never in my lifetime visit the places you have traveled. So your travel blogs mean a lot to me. Thank you Sabbatical❤
Loved watching our motherland. Thank your for the video.
The encounter with the kids was the most beautiful moment
been there for three times, so i can easily tell where your hotel was and where that tibetan restaurant was ;). it looks like the regulations get more restrict than back in 2007 when i met a spanish guy who accompanied me trekking from tingri county to mt. everest base camp (north side). he was just by himself in most of time when in tibet. and when entering borderland of mt. everest, nothing trouble happened to him even without permits neither to tibet autonomous region nor to borderland.
your vid makes me want to go to tibet for another time!
Ever since the terrorist attacks in 2009 at Xinjiang. The Chinese government tightened up the restrictions. A lot of separate extremists come to Xinjiang from Tibet.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video! Like most people I probably will never get a chance go to Tibet, so thank you for this!
welcome to China and hope you have a good trip！
Now this. Is RARE content!
Some of the best travel videos !👏👍
Ya. In a lot ways **the best **. Tommy is more intelligent and insightful than any other travel blogger that I know of. The bald guy is pretty good too. It’s a cool niche. Tommy must have a “team” to accomplish getting from place to place like this… rarely has luggage.
first time watching your video but quite impressed and subscribed
when i was little my first impression of Tibet is the pressure of low clouds😂, their down side and the shadows are so close and clear, and it was then I learned that clouds actually always have shadows, but too hard to be noticed in lower places
?? Cloud goes in front of sun = shade = you're in a cloud shadow, at any altitude
❤ All I can say is wow.
Thank you brother...🥺🙏🏻 felt blessed to see Potala Palace 🥺🙏🏻
Wow! STUNNING beauty!
Was there in Nov '91. Back then, as a foreigner, one could walk around freely, and it was relatively uncrowded; glad I experienced it then. Great to see it again though! Great memories!
Never been to Tibet. Was the restriction to foreigners now due to the govt believing foreigners were in cahoots with some of those Tibetans during the uprising some many years ago you think?
@@ymhktravel Yes. 2008. Curiously you can roam around Xinjiang (a much hotter topic than Tibet) relatively freely these days (except the Afghanistan-bordering Tashkurgan) but still need to go through all sorts of paperworks to visit Tibet.
@@theolich4384 What can I say? All of China used to be open to foreigners to roam freely after they open up. But China sees foreign interventions (esp foreign journalists etc) and so restrictions are there esp in Tibet and border towns. So I haven't been to Tibet for this reason. I prefer to roam on my own, like a backpacker does.
@@ymhktravel Not the past tense. Those people are still alive, and there is a so-called government-in-exile.
@@ymhktravel China is already a gathering place for spies from all over the world, with Beijing, Hong Kong, and Dandong everywhere
Sabbatical, you’re a video maker & traveler like no other. You’d make Anthony Bourdain proud. But seriously, I love how easily & fun you tell a story with each upload. You are really talented- much love from back home in the states homie
P.s. be safe out there, & btw I’d love to see a vid of you in nyc telling us about your fav spots & experiences there, I never been up north.