22.09.2006 Arrived from Katmandu in Nialam (Tibet), located at 3600 m.
We live in Snow Land Hotel. It seems there is a double ceiling in our room: all the night long the rats were running with terrible patter of their "hoofs". And there are yak's horns and a part of a skull on the sill behind the window for driving out malign forces and spirits. Soldiers of the Chinese National Army play QUAKE network game in the Internet - cafe. We have tasted the Chinese brandy and beer Lhasa. Chinese and Tibetans live here. And nobody speak English. We have acclimatized up to 4300 on the nearest hills. On September 23 our caravan with cargo headed to base camp.
Tomorrow, 25.09 we are going to Tingri (4200 m) to stay there for a day. It is the last advanced post of a relative civilization. For the second day we have been trying to see the panorama of Himalaya from the neighboring hills, but it is ineffectual due to a dense fog. The monsoon has not left yet. The guys took in amulets from the Tibetan silver for luck, good health, riches, safety, happiness etc.
Our greetings!