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[quote=ELCABRON                ,5241]Ni Hao Dee and Berq!I heard somebody calling.......no, no, I? certainly no Tibet expert and I`m sorry that I?e never been to The Everest Base Camp. It is a pitty but I had not that much time for Tibet like you will have, Berq.Travelling is also a trade-off between time and money or the number of sights you want to see.What THEY say:1. Officially you need a special permit to be allowed to enter Tibet. It? like a second Visa. Officials and of course every travel agency says that you get checked when entering Tibet and even on various checkpoints throughout the country. If you get cought without it you get fined and sent out of Tibet.They also say it is impossible to get these papers as a single visitor but only with tourgroups.2. Officially you do need a guide around you, you are not allowed on your own. By this way they keep every foreigner in check - you know the CN government is still afraid of ........BUT I know several people who entered Tibet without it and they had no problems. A Korean guy for example went in by bus - his advantage of course was that he speaks Chinese fluently and he looks Asian, which is always an advantage.For me, the thing was I had only limited time and Tibet was just one part of it. I did not want to risk losing any time (bus trip to Tibet takes several days) and the risk of getting busted than, losing time and haven? reach my goal would be even be worse. That is why I had to take a travel agency which organized the papers, flight and so on in advace. (the only time I ever used a travel agency - it still hurts my pride as a backpacker;-)I had a funny Tibetian guide and with him a Chinese driver in a kind of jeep. That was a great couple, really cool and helpful in every way.Maybe it is easier to enter from Golmud, or from Nepal which is my favourite. Coming from Kathmandu, pass by the Basecamp of the Everest, Tingri, Xigaze , Gyanze and Lhasa. Or the other direction all the way to Mt. Kailash.[/quote]

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