Today we drove along the beautiful Parlung Tsangpo, toward Bayi. In the town of Tongmai, we got stuck for an hour or so at a 1 way bridge, which had been destroyed in 2000 when a dam broke in Yigong Lake.Lonely Planet Tibet says this is one of the most dangerous sections of roads, but it had been paved in 2002 or so, and it felt relatively safe.
The drive between Pomi and Bayi is beautiful - it’s very similar to the Swiss Alps, with snow covered peaks, lush forests, and blue waters.
We stopped in Lunang for lunch, where I experience my favorite culinary encounter of the entire trip - Shi Guo Ji, or Stone Pot Chicken!! It’s fresh black organic chicken, cooked in a pot made of stone with Chinese herbs - simply delicious.
We crossed another high pass, and took some more requisite pass shots.
We then visited to the Lamaling Temple, which was a beautiful, quiet temple, where we had the rare pleasure of witnessing the monks chanting.
We spent the night in Bayi at the Fujian Hotel. Bayi is the second largest city in Tibet, with a population of about 90,000. However you still cannot find Western food - we did have some very good Sichuan cold noodles though, and found another VCD music video bar, playing the same videos we saw in Pomi!
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