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Heading west from Lhasa, the road divides at the Chusul Bridge and most vehicles follow the paved Friendship Highway along the course of the Yarlung Tsangpo to Shigatse (266km). However, there is an alternative route, the old southern road that heads southwest to the shores of Yamdrok Tso , before turning west to

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Gyantse and then northwest to Shigatse. This road is longer, 354km from Lhasa to Shigatse, and largely unpaved, but extremely picturesque.

There is no public transport between Lhasa and Gyantse and most people rent jeeps to explore the area or include it on the way to or from the border with Nepal. Allow around six or seven hours' driving time from Lhasa to Gyantse in a good jeep. Day trips to Yamdrok Tso from Lhasa are feasible; you'll start negotiating at about Y1000 per jeep for these


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