Friendship highway towards the Tibetan Plateau 16th September 2007

3 Responses to “Friendship highway towards the Tibetan Plateau”

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Romke:

Muddy? I can see the road is narrow, winding, exposed and scary in general, but you don\'t mean it is also … slippery, do you?

September 17th, 2007 at 10:23
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Gijs:

Yip Romke, it is often very slippery..i travelled it in 2001 from Tibet towards Nepal, very scary decent..unfortunally we had a driver who thought he was Colin McRea himself (R.I.P)

September 17th, 2007 at 10:49
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Josef Renklint:

Wow, amazing view. One of those breathtaking hillside roads, that you love and hate to have to drive..

September 17th, 2007 at 12:11

CameraCanon EOS 20D
Focal Length15 mm
Aperturef/11.0
Exposure1/160 sec
ISO400
Date Taken10 Apr 2005, 12:32

The story behind "Friendship highway towards the Tibetan Plateau"

Tibet is mostly on a high plateau, but neighbour Nepal is about 3 kilometers lower. At the only bordercrossing a muddy road fights its way up the old continental divide – the Himalayas are a result of the collision of the Indian subcontinent and Eurasia.

Strangely enough the dirt road is called the Friendship Highway, while going through occupied territory of Tibet..

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