High Road to Tibet

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  Istvan
  Written on October 15, 2016

  1.5 - Rather poor

  G Adnevtures High Road to Tibet starts at Kathmandu Nepal. You fly over there on your own for a lot of money just to hear that the Tibet 'magical' tour in not exactly what is cracked up to be. First off they tell you, which they keep quiet before you sign up, that you will be under constant police surveillance all the time. There will be police blockades and check up points throuout the entire country -sorry the entire Chinese province. And at some points you have to line up for 'checking' according to a number you get at the airport like sheep. You feel like in Palestine. You cannot buy a single shirt or ball cap anywhere since it seems that even mentioning the word Tibet is forbidden. The entire country is under a severe police oppression and those of you who are grown up under 'normal' democratic rule should think twice come near. You are also forbidden to bring any book, photo, article etc. about the Dalai Lama or even to talk about him. 95% of the Tibetan people is denied a passport because the first thing they would do with one is to go to India to visit the Dalai Lama. A simple good man, a hotel owner was jailed for life by the Chinese because he supported some Buddhist youth organization in India. Also half way in the trip we were notified that we cannot leave the country on our original exit day because they will shot down the only airport for 'military exersizes'. We were forced to buy new tickets from Kathmandu to go home. True, G Adventure, finally, paid us back the difference. My point is that G Adventure and other tour operators have known for the longest time that the Chinese do not want western tourists in Tibet and do everything to make our stay there miserable, but out of pure greed, the trip is extremely expensive and nothing justifies it by the way with all most basic services and accommodations, G Adventure will still keep this trip on their menu. The second half of our trip was spent in anxiety about when to leave since we got conflicting info about leaving practically in every few hours for days on and on. It was terrible and of course G Adventure did not refund us for all those 'lost' days either.

  

  G Adventures commented on this review

  Thanks for the post Istvan. Seems like Tibet was not what you had anticipated. Information on travelling in Tibet is freely available, and most travellers travel to this unique destination with at least a basic understanding of the political climate, and the flexibility required when travelling there. Indeed, the logistics of operating tours in Tibet is far from smooth sailing - we can attest to this. Sometimes it can be difficult for those travelling through no fault of their own (our ours). Such was the case here when we were advised without notice that flights would be shut down for an extended period. You incurred cost because of this, and we made this right with you, as you have kindly noted. Helping to facilitate travel to this unique destination is the best tool we have for helping people to make informed decisions, and have engaging discussions around Tibet it's history and its future. Tourism provides a window for the people of Tibet to the outside world.

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  Vasco
  Written on August 24, 2016

  4.0 - Good

  Although some distances between some towns were huge , it was worthwhile. Guide Puskar was always looking for the best to the group. While the group was stopped at Lhasa due to airport closed , it was a stressful situation, but somehow and with his contacts he solved the problem just in time.

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