
Abdilahi Ismail Abdilahi from Somalia felt like he was still flying in the air after he landed in Nyingchi, a city that sits at an average altitude of some 3,000 meters in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.

Police were out in force in the capital after a young Tibetan set himself on fire in protest days earlier.
Source: Security tight in Tibet’s Lhasa on anniversary of uprising

Known as “the roof of the world”, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has long been an ideal and mysterious destination for visitors who are passionate about exploring remote lands.
Source: Snapshots of Tibet
Don’t miss out on a trip to Lhasa when you plan your first cross-border jaunt over the Himalaya…