Julianne's Diary Day Seven - Shigatse to Gyangtse

After patting the excess flour off our clothes we were invited to try Tzamba, a staple food in this part of the world. Barley flour is mixed with butter tea or some other type of liquid, such as barley wine or beer, and then rolled into a ball. The taste was initially a little dry and, not surprisingly, doughy but after the second bite it didn' seem so bad.

The beautiful view from atop 'The Pala Manor' in Jiang zi county.  [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

Next stop was 'The Pala Manor', an old residence and I mean old, most of the musky rooms left me gasping for air and forced me out. Nearby we stopped by a current day residence, apart from the flies hovering over what I was told was dried milk, the visitors' room was very appealing and the decorative roof was eye catching.

The castle above the city of Gyangtse was our next stop. From what I was told this used to be the old government headquarters and the lower parts were previously used as a courthouse and taxation office. The view looking down on the city of Gyangste was wonderful.

We arrived at our new hotel for the evening but we're not getting too comfortable as tomorrow we leave for the capital city, Lhasa, via Yamdro yumtso Lake, one of the famous holy lakes in Tibet.