Hello, all. We flew into Lhasa yesterday, and this was the first thing I saw as we drove from the airport to Lhasa:

The altitude adjustment yesterday was quite difficult - we would walk around for ten minutes and need to stop and rest. You can just feel the lack of oxygen - I was taking some pretty labored breaths yesterday.

Today is much better, though - I woke up at 7am and was able to walk the Barkhour Circuit for nearly two hours. Wow, what an experience. I still feel out of breath, but it's not as debilitating as yesterday.

Our guide will be here in ten minutes, so I'll save some more stories for later tonight, once we're done exploring Lhasa today.