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Diamox & US$ in Tibet

HI everyone....just heading off to Tibet in a couple of days from Beijing and wanted to know if Diamox or other Altitude sickness pills are easily available in Lhasa or should I get it here in Beijing somewhere???....Also is it easy to exchange RMB into... ...full story at Lonely Planet

from Lonely Planet on Sun, Nov 25 2007

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