Need I say more? Labor Day is the time supposed to release you from Labor!!! And pick up your luggage to breathe the fresh spring air in wilderness!

May is the ideal time to visit Tibet: with ice and snow getting thawed gradually, more and more areas become accessible. Sand storm has calmed down, and weather gets warmer. Day time temperature averages 20°C.

On May holiday we have two recommended tours. The short one takes you to visit two legendary cities: Lhasa and Tsedang - Tibet's current and ancient capitals. The longer one is a journey through Himalayas, with the highlight of world's No.1 peak Everest en route.

The only thing not satisfactory is: Shanghai-Lhasa flight won't be available this year. People departing from Shanghai need transfer in Chengdu. But oh well, as long as the flights can take me to Tibet, I don't really mind how I will fly! And you?

Cities of Legend: Lhasa-Tsedang

Lhasa, literally meaning "Holy-Land", the heart and soul of Tibet, has history of more than 1,300 years. It rose to prominence as an important center of administrative power in the 7th century AD, when Songtsen Gampo, a local ruler in the Yarlung Valley, continued the task of unifying Tibet. Songtsen Gampo moved his capital to Lhasa and built a palace on the site that is now occupied by the Potala......
==Still 4 paxes available for May Holiday. ==

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Himalaya Adventure: Lhasa-Everest-Kathmandu

The Tibetan name for Mt. Everest is "Quomolangma" which literally means "The Third Goddess". Towering 8848.13 meters in the middle section of the Himalaya in Tingri County, Shigatse, Quomolangma teems with snow-capped peaks and glaciers. Everest region has four peaks above 8000 meters and 38 peaks above 7000 meter, thus is reputed as the Third Pole on the Earth. Glaciers of modern era are located at the foot of the mountains, deep caves and snaking ice rivers present a magnificent view around the Quomolangma......
== *** Only 5 paxes available for May Holiday. *** ==

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