Rant Right. China. By the time I arrived in Lhasa I had really had my fill of China. You get used to the spitting, the umbrellas, the bad fashion socks, the pollution, the MSG, the fact that everyone's out for themselves and bu*gger you if you're in the way, etc etc. It's exhausting, it's disheartening, it's annoying and you end up kicking small children* and uttering f**k every 3 minutes to deal with it. But deal with it, you do. *OK it was Chengdu, I had bee...

Executive Summary - Lhasa, Tibet Saw: Jokhang Monastery, Ramoche Temple, Potala Palace, Monument to the People's Liberation of Tibet 1959 (**gag**), Norbulingka Summer Palace (including the 14th Dalai Lama's toilet!), Ganden Monastery, Sera Monastery and monks debating. Did: Circumambulated the Barkhor Square and the Potala Palace, slagged off the Chinese government with fellow travellers, acclimatised to 3500 meters / 11,480 feet (not too bad so ...