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How much time is needed to do the Kailash Kora hitch hiking

Hi,I am travelling alone to tibet and since i can't seem to find enough people to share the land cruiser ride, in the last resort i plan to use a combination of buses and Hitch hiking. Do you know how long it can take to complete the Lhasa -Kailash-Lhasa... ...full story at Lonely Planet

from Lonely Planet on Thu, Sep 20 2007

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08 Oct 07		Trip to Mt Kailash - practicalities » Lonely Planet HiI plan is to go to Mt Kailash next September and I've got a few questions about prices and timings.How long does it get to get the Chinese Tibet Group visa in Kathmandu?How much are flights to Lhasa from KTM?What the land rover costs at the moment? I...
01 Jun 07		Easy to find travellers for Lhasa-Kailash-Lhasa? » Lonely Planet I have been dreaming about going out to Kailash. I will be travelling alone in Sept and would like to find others to do this with, but need to go back to Lhasa after the trek, not down to Nepal. I think travelling down to Nepal is most common and am...
23 May 07		landtravelling Kunming - Lhasa - Kathmandu » Lonely Planet Hi there,This is Olaf from Qufu, China.I want to do the trip by land (mentioned in last LP of China, page 21) from Zhongdian to Lhasa, and afterwards from Lhasa to Kathmandu.In LP I read that the first trip should be possible by hitch-hiking up to Lhasa,...

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