Mt. Kailash - Manasarovar Sojourn - 3

On getting the clearance of immigration into Tibet, we boarded the cars and drove up the valley towards Zhangmu. This is a rather small town at an altitude of about 2300m (7590 ft). The town largely winds along the ascending highway. The day was wet when we arrived there at around 3:00 p.m. Nepal time or 5:45 China Time. We were put up at a hotel that went by the name CAI YUAN BIN GUAN. We were accommodated on a twin sharing basis, and I continued to lodge with Balamurugan who had been my roommate right from Katmandu. After a light snack of crackers, biscuits and tea we decide to take a walk around town.

 Right : A view of Zhangmu from our hotel.

 (Left:  A street in Zhangmu)


It so happened that the doors to various buildings were very similar and most of them were decorated with elliptical red lampshades. The appearances of the door to our hotel was very likely to be confused with that of other buildings by its side. Fortunately we noticed that behind a glass window of the first-floor of a buliding opposite our hotel, a pair of brassiers and pink women's underwears were put up for drying. We took those sexy items as an aid to landmark our hotel door and we had no further problems identifying the door of our hotel.

Even on the final return trip to Zhangmu from Kailash - Manasarovar we were on the look-out for the familiar landmark, but it was sadly missing!!

(Landmark bras and panties)

We dined at 8:15 p.m.China Time (6:45 p.m. India Time) and after a refreshing shower hit the sack after a tiring day.