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04-26-10 | 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Yan

If you're not Chinese, you cannot enter Tibet without a guide and support vehicle. This costs $5000 US for a month.

I would have offered for you to come with us in mid June, but the timing is off. If anyone else is interested, contact me. We're all meeting in Kunming during the first week of June.

Yan, though that is the easiest way it is by far not the only way. Foreign nationals can enter Lhasa without a travel guide or support vehicle, they only need to be on a tour. It can be an independent tour, as long as it is provided by an approved tour company. They generally meet you at the airport or train station and get your permits issued, and then you never hear from them again.

It is true that officially you need several permits to cycle along the Tibetan plateau, and some of these may only officially be attainable in Lhasa. However several cyclists have gone just with their Lhasa permit and surrounding regions permit. They need/needed to be stamped in Lhasa (ie people train/fly their bicycle into Lhasa and then ride out... I've never met a foreign national who rode in).
Howie, if you speak Chinese I think you'll find other opportunities can be had.

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