In brief it is very hectic and very dirty!!
The hotel we stayed in only had hot water for a few hours in the evening and the electricity in most of the city went out every night we were there between 7 and 9, so we were walking the streets with torches.
Megan and I met our tour group and tour leaders. I could write forever on this but in short there are 13 of us. The youngest is 29 and the oldest is 62. There are at least 4 people late 50's to 60's. So Megan and I are around median age. Without having seen any one ride there is no doubt mixed abilities and two people (both Yvonne's) who will be riding Bike Friday's (folding bikes). I will let you know as I can not imagine ridding to Base camp on a town bike, but who is to say..
In Kathmandu we visited Broktophor (not sure of spelling) which was really interesting, but mostly just walked around and "enjoyed" the chaos.
On the day we were flying to Lhasa we left the hotel at 7am for a 10.45 flight, and by the time were had passed customs in Tibet in was 3pm. Amazing 8 hours to make a 50 minute flight. It took us 2 hours to check in with all of the bikes. China Air charged through the nose for excess baggage. Funnily enough none of the bikes arrived, except mine (thank god for the hard case).
So finally we were in Tibet.
The hotel we stayed in only had hot water for a few hours in the evening and the electricity in most of the city went out every night we were there between 7 and 9, so we were walking the streets with torches.
Megan and I met our tour group and tour leaders. I could write forever on this but in short there are 13 of us. The youngest is 29 and the oldest is 62. There are at least 4 people late 50's to 60's. So Megan and I are around median age. Without having seen any one ride there is no doubt mixed abilities and two people (both Yvonne's) who will be riding Bike Friday's (folding bikes). I will let you know as I can not imagine ridding to Base camp on a town bike, but who is to say..
In Kathmandu we visited Broktophor (not sure of spelling) which was really interesting, but mostly just walked around and "enjoyed" the chaos.
On the day we were flying to Lhasa we left the hotel at 7am for a 10.45 flight, and by the time were had passed customs in Tibet in was 3pm. Amazing 8 hours to make a 50 minute flight. It took us 2 hours to check in with all of the bikes. China Air charged through the nose for excess baggage. Funnily enough none of the bikes arrived, except mine (thank god for the hard case).
So finally we were in Tibet.
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