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GAP Adventure Tours

I'm thinking about taking a tour through Tibet with GAP Adventures. Its follows the Friendship Highway from Lhasa to Kathmandu. I was wondering if anyone has experience with GAP tours in Tibet or elsewhere. Would you recommend it? Are there any other tour... ...full story at Lonely Planet

from Lonely Planet on Wed, Apr 25 2007

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