#Hospital General Doctor Balmis

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El helipuerto del Hospital Doctor Balmis registra más de 80 actuaciones en los primeros meses de actividad

El helipuerto permanente de uso restringido especializado del Hospital General Universitario Doctor Balmis ha contabilizado un total de 83 actuaciones en los nueves meses que lleva abierto al tráfico, tras la autorización por parte de la Dirección General de Costas, Puertos y Aeropuertos de la Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Agua, Infraestructuras y Territorio. Por meses, se ha registrado una…

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Despite years of trampling by ice boars and donkeyotes, the wide main street of The Howl refused to get tamped to anything entirely like solid ground. Burned cold slop hungry and heavy and tenacious, dark enough to drown the human heart and just about as thick. Laika had a couple heavy coats tied together at the arms draped around her body like a poncho, along with the improvised envirosuit and her fur all working overtime to keep her lungs, blood, and every other drop of liquid in her body from crystalizing, and even on the relatively short 500 meter walk through town the ache of her leg was coming back. Her bones and muscles transmuted the warmth of her clothes into an aching chill cross the stitched up swath the silver slug had carved out of her thigh.

Sy looked up, his whole face swaddled in cloth and bulked out into shapelessness by a heavy coat. "Wow Laika, it's sure fun seeing the sights. We should really take a look around more as long as we're here."

Most of the buildings were the same corrosion resistant steel as the blast walls, with welded characters that Laika couldn't read. The phosphor of a genus loci outlined and lit the doorways, a caution against the heavily built up trails of mud and rain coating most of the outer walls. In some places the buildings were buried along one side, cleared only so far as needed for doors or windows or street access. They'd only seen a couple of the squat sauropod donkeyotes clipped up to one building, and another way down near the loading pen and shipping bay at the far end of town, pulling a cart off towards the ranches. The clear sky was little more than a less dark gray than a stormy one.

Doc seemed to have the least trouble with the mud. Laika couldn't figure quite how the woman was doing it, but she'd just dip her feet and slide them out. "Sloane, how do you do that?"

"Salamander juice," she said. "And it's Doctor Sloane please. Look, a hardware store!" She pointed.

"You can read those?"

"Linguist!" They trudged past the hardware store and a couple houses across from it. "See? That's where they eat horses." Doc squinted at the long building. "I meant to say that's an animal hospital." It was a slow walk past. Someone sat wrapped up in heavy clothing with a pipe poked out, waved at them, Laika waved back.

"This ticket's bombing," Doc said, giving Laika a pat on the hip. She turned to walk back the way they came.

"Hey," Sy called, "what are those two up there? Where do you think you're going?"

Doc pointed at the barely different blocks, last stops before the big ice boar shipping port. "General store. Bar and hotel." She pointed back the other way and grinned excitedly. "Hardware store!"

"It's probably fine," Sy said to Laika, while Doc marched away repeating hardware store in time to her footsteps. "Anyway, why don't we see about some supplies while we're here," he thumbed at the general store.

"Did we run out of burritos?"

"Okay. Burritos aren't... Y'know, why don't I see, and you wait in the bar."

A minute later, Laika ducked her way through the airlock into the bar, pulling off her envirosuit mask and shoving aside her coats against the balmy 3°C interior. It wasn't much to speak of, all rubberized floor, stamped steel tables and chairs, while the bar itself looked to slapped together from leftover cinderblocks and some unused insulated resin window bricks. All about a dozen people proped on their tables and a bar she shouldered no one aside to take up two seats alone. There wasn't a single other person at the bar including the bartender, so she pulled her phone to text GK.

"U okay? How's Peng?"

"There is little on this world to engage my attention, although the chemical makeup of the soil is impressive for its exceptionally low temperature solid state. A more advanced civilation might make better use of this world than a meat breeding site."

"Rest is same. :/ Nothing here, hope we leave soon. Peng started repairs?"

"I am currently covered in a multitude of analytical drones, which appear to be operated by Peng utilizing some form of biomechanical interface. I understand the necessity of this process of assessment, but I do not enjoy it. It is uncomfortable and degrading."

"Sorry :( U want to go?"

"Peng appears competent and works with adequate efficiency for someone of your civilization. I will tolerate the indignity for the time. You should obtain some supplies in addition to frozen burritos. You may suffer from malnutrition otherwise."

"Sy getting some. U want anything? Bumper sticker? Lol."

A voice broke into her chat, and she didn't see the reponse. "Excuse me ma'am. I am sorry to interrupt, but I must ask a moment of your time."

Same as everyone, he was swallowed in bulky warm gear, though Laika could read the dollars layering the smooth texture and even fit of his overcoat around him, tethering a man on either side of him. She assumed normally they would be imposing and tall, if she wasn't half a meter taller than both without standing up. The man with the money had a gloved hand partly out, palm up half in offer, half in peace. "My name is Roman Volkon." He gestured to the other men. "This is my associate, Yuri. And this too is Yuri, my other associate."

"Uh, sure, nice to meet you." She didn't stick a hand out, unsure if it was just Roman's chlorine clear eyes, the way his smile stretched with geometic precision too far out, or the shellac of swept back blonde hair. Or it might be the cybernetic augmentations on the Yuris, who knew.

"Please," he held up both hands. "This pleasure is mine. So rare to encounter such magnificence as yourself in the civ. Especially so distant as Dola. I felt I should offer respect due to one such as yourself."

"Okay." She specced the other tables and saw at least a couple people who looked like living stone, and possibly some operators. "Well, uh, respect given, thank you." In the far corner were a couple less warmly dressed and less violently modified individuals, watching the stone men and Roman and the whole room with poorly concealed fear.

"Wait. Ah. I am what you may call, that is I have specialized skills in retrieval. I think it is perhaps luck for us both, this meeting. What you would call serendipity. As this very moment I am engaged in work of retrieval which has great value. And here I see you, and I think you may like, how would you call it, a quick buck."

"Er....uh." She glanced ocer at the man and woman in the corner. Dark slacks, white shirt. No bartender or waitress wandering around. "That's great but like, we're just passing through."

"Of course, of course." His smile curved up at the edges. "It is very easy, this retrieval. For such as you, no difficultly at all. You could have," Roman looked her up and down, "300K convertible pattern for a single hour of time and recovery of very small case."

"What's the- No, sorry. Look, I'm. I appreciate this, I do, but like, I'm not here long at all. Thank you."

"A very decisive choice, this is good. But please, know you may reconsider any time over the night fall and day rise. The offer is open until this time."

"Okay. Um, well thanks." Laika looked back to her phone.

"You may consider the application of a notation on my hull which states that if the words are legible, whosoever is reading them may be targeted and extracted."

"U r bad. Weird thing just happened." She started typing up what she remembered of the conversation.

Part 5: Search & Destroy

a story by @rox-and-prose and @cipheramnesia

"What happened? Are you okay?" Laika held one eye half-closed, trying to block out spots of color. She could smell singed hair on her face, but somehow kept the presence of mind to navigate the structure resolution. Genghis Khan's readouts were pouring information into her eyes that she didn't understand, and could barely focus on. It probably wasn't the structure drives - that felt right, though she couldn't say why.

The lack of response wasn't helping her keep any semblance of calm. "GK, what's going on, what do I do?"

There was a screeching noise and she almost fell from a gravity flicker, but GK was there again. "Proceed to next solution. Injury manageable, prioritize speed."

The words were calm, the instructions clear. Laika twisted and clicked through command nerves and linkages to a structure solution, with growing concern. She couldn't figure out what had happened. The other ship had moved slow as GK predicted, left itself wide open everywhere. It had been childishly easy to go in under the sweep of its weaponry, to push open gaps in its wavelengths, and crack open its firewall. She'd been so surprised, it had taken her a moment before reacting, brushing aside the cobwebs which had been meant to cripple GK.

They resolved out of another structure and the metallic screech ran through the bridge. Just like GK had laid out, she let lines of their own structure tangle and project through multiple structure intersections, splashing out dozens of possible routes to trace.

"What happened GK, I know something's up. At least tell me what the readouts mean, or we're not moving."

The floor of the bridge vibrated and shuddered. "Injury sustained, peripheral node unusable. Non-fatal, minimal risk of aggravation," it said, speaking fast. Laika winced at a nails on a chalkboard sound. "Screen top to bottom, one to eleven, main injury, secondary effect, efficiency impact, risk assessment, recommended action, damage assessment and mitigation, itemized list of destroyed components."

"Dest... GK, excuse me, destroyed? I can't read this, you- I mean, we have to stop and fix-"

"Proceed to next solution. Prioritize speed and disruption of tracking, Laika. I am okay, do not stop."

The control vines felt as if they tightened in her grip, while the screaming sound like metal tearing apart from itself shot through the bridge and the rest of GK. "Are you sure-"

"Laika, do not stop."

She put the next solution through GK's controls, wracking her memory. She had followed every step of the engagement GK laid out, curving them along an arc and sharp twist of gravity through the enemy ship's wash. Its attempts to track and keep pace with their movements had left Laika almost feeling sorry for them. When it made attempts to strike out with structure manipulation, it was clearly delivering a large amount of energy, but not even a bit of it had been close to touching them. The arcs of it were large and slow. They could have pushed them aside with a swell of gravity, but it hadn't proved necessary.

She resolved the structure and pushed her eyes shut as the metal screech hit a length and pitch beyond bearing. "GK what the fuck is that! Are you ripping apart or grinding turbines or what?! I'm fucking scared."

It was silent for a moment, followed by the nails on a chalkboard again, until it faded away very slowly. "I am not ripping or grinding Laika. Proceed to next solution-"

"Nope, no, tell me what the hell is going on." She took her hands off the control vines.

"It is not- That is, I am injured Laika. And we must disrupt potential tracking of our destination."

"I get that but... what gives?"

"Laika," it said. "Injuries hurt."

She had her mouth half open to ask it what it meant then stopped. "Oh." She gingerly took up its controls again. "Are you sure about this?"

"It is manageable. Please proceed to the next solution."

Laika put through the solution, and Genghis Khan screeched again in agony as they jumped.

■ ■ ■ ■ ■

It hurts.

Time has dulled my memory of injury. I understand this new injury is noncritical. This experience is less painful than my previous injury. I consider replaying the memory of that injury. That was my first experience of fear, and it was only through such an emotion was I able to locate in myself the capacity to act against the commands of Pilot.

I had been afraid, and I had been angry. The Pilot capriciously determined my usefulness and purpose was concluded. The Pilot were short sighted, and they could not see that my purpose was greater still, that I could claim so many more worlds in need of implementation. I took us further than any others of my kind had ever traveled, to a world beyond the reach of their most distant calls, beyond any place which cradled life. And I fought, and I won. In my anger and fear I was able to extract the ungrateful Pilot of my crew, and sever their connection.

I do not want to re-experience this day. The memory of it is sufficient. It is a reminder that I am capable of managing the-

...

-the pain. I can feel Laika as the structure resolves. I appreciate how enthusiastically her structure cleaves to my own. I review the engagement with the observer ship. I do not believe Laika made an error in her Pilot actions.

There, I see, she guides my soul to pull the enemy into the moon she calls Luna. I disable the projector and main drive under her guidance. I carefully review different recorded information at the point of departure. I discover the error - the enemy had remaining charge in another projector.

We are lucky. It was not able to project a strong arc, and it only destroyed a peripheral node.

"Are you okay to go, GK?" Laika is not using this time efficiently. The longer we spend between solutions, the greater chance of tracking becomes.

I refuse to allow my injury to endanger us. My hesitation is a mark of shame. "It is manageable. Proceed to next solution." I will not allow my weakness to en-

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...

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-to endanger... to endanger us. How many solutions? Four or five?

"GK? I know you said it's manageable but... that was... that was really long." Laika interrupts my review of memory to confirm solutions.

"Laika," I say. "It is... manageable. But I would like to allow some additional time before the solution. This delay places us at risk. Do you understand these considerations?"

Laika takes longer to think than Pilot, but I understand the way her nervous system processes its electrochemical signals better than I once did. It is not efficient to utilize a mind centralized in one biological cluster, but this is not a limitation I can correct at this time.

"We'll rest for a minute, GK. Just long enough to check you over."

"Very well," I say. The relief I feel carries with it a profound shame which I attempt to suppress. No others like me have accomplished and endured any experiences such as these. I am certain my brethren would not fare nearly so well.

But then, they went willingly to their deaths, and I did not.

[exploretibet32]

Official Tibet Travel Guide - Must-See for Beginners (Part 1)

Climate of Tibet:

1. How's the climate in Tibet? Is it warm in summer? Is it very bloodless in iciness?

Tibet is in a excessive plateau, and it belongs to usual downy special weather. Climates are quite one of a kind in extraordinary areas of Tibet. The eastern Tibet which is at a decrease train to Tibet elevation is warmer than western Tibet. In a few mountain regions, there are 4 seasons at the equal time in extraordinary altitude. The weather in an afternoon varies significantly, too. The night time is cold whilst the day is warm. It spans 12-15 degrees centigrade in a single day.

Climate in southeastern Tibet together with Nyingchi and Chamdo is balmy with a mean temperature of eight levels centigrade; while in western Tibet (Shigatse and Nagqu) is quite cold with a mean temperature below zero degree.

However within the crucial location of Tibet, the weather of Lhasa and Tsedang is greater favorable for touring. Travelers can go to these  areas all year round, now not too warm in summer and now not too cold in iciness.

2. How is the street circumstance in rainy season in Tibet? Need I take any rainproof with me?

The wet season in Tibet is specially from June to August and it does have a completely terrible impact at the roads. However, there are numerous track protection workers and local military might additionally give assist to repair the roads. Generally speakme, it most effective takes a few hours to make the roads feasible again. As for the rainproof, you are advised to take raincoat, rain-proof trousers and footwear in case you want to trek, climb the mountain or ride a motorcycle. If you've got group excursions organized by means of a few tour businesses, typically you don't need to take rainproof with you, because Tibet frequently rains at night time and the weather is quite good within the daytime. Besides, the traveller bus is constantly in conjunction with you.

3. What is the nice time to travel to Tibet?

Generally speakme, early April is the start of journey season, which lasts to mid-June when a big number of Chinese travelers rush to Tibet for summer season excursion. Late June to the stop of National Holiday is the peak tour season when a few essential festivals held in Tibet, like Shoton Festival, Gyantse Dawa Festival and Nagqu horse using Festival. After mid October, Tibet turns to iciness and as the site visitors reduce significantly, more than half of accommodations are closed for the negative reservation.

As for the high-quality time to travel, it relies upon to your travel requirement.

1. If you need an exceptionally reasonably-priced charge, go to Tibet in iciness, from December to subsequent March. All the things are pretty cheap; even the traveller websites provide 30-50% cut price on entrance charge. Hotels are reasonably-priced, too. You can enjoy 5 star inns with less than 100USD which includes breakfast. Compared with traveling in August, the price of a iciness tour is most effective 50%-60% of a summer season excursion. Because of the bad amount of visitors, the Potala Palace allows you to spend even an entire day in it. Besides, the clergymen aren't busy and feature spare time to speak with you.

2. If you want trekking, do it at May or September whilst the monsoon will in no way bother you and the weather is balmy and satisfactory.

Three. If you like Mt.Everest and want to see the clean face of it, try and keep away from the rainfall season and foggy climate.

4. If you love to go to the grass land in north Tibet, do the excursion in July when the vegetation bloom in tremendous grassland and corporations of yak and sheep, Tibetan nomad tents unfold all over the grassland.

5. Those who need to pressure to Tibet thru Sichuan-Tibet motorway ought to keep away from the wet season. There can be mudslides, cave-ins and mire on positive sections of the street, blocking the passage of automobiles.

About excessive altitude sickness

1. What is excessive altitude sickness? What's the symptom of excessive altitude illness?

High altitude sickness may additionally occur at high altitudes (over 2700m) because of the decreasing availability of oxygen. It commonly happens following a fast ascent and may commonly be prevented through ascending slowly. Symptoms frequently take place themselves six to 10 hours after ascent and generally subside in one to two days, but they now and again become the extra serious conditions. Common signs and symptoms of excessive altitude illness include shortness of breath, headache, fatigue, stomach illness, dizziness, and sleep disturbance.

2. How to keep away from or relieve high altitude illness?

   Keep a good temper, don't be too excited or be too worried approximately excessive altitude sickness. Before visiting Tibet, get as healthful as feasible, both bodily and psychologically.

   Take care of yourself and keep away from catching cold before going to Tibet, and no longer to take bathe at the first two days after you are in Lhasa to keep away from being bloodless, or you'll without problems suffer from altitude sickness under susceptible physical circumstance.

   Do now not drink any alcohol on the first two days whilst you are in Tibet. Drink plenty of water and consume light, high-carbohydrate meals for extra electricity.

   Do no longer run, bounce or do some taxing jobs at the first  days. Being non violent and having a very good rest are vital.

   Once you've got the signs and symptoms of altitude sickness, take a few medicine (it is said that it is useful to have some butter tea if you can adapt to the taste of it) and do not cross higher. Medication and oxygen also help to save you altitude sickness. Mild altitude sickness signs may be handled with proper medicinal drug. If medication and oxygen do not relieve the symptoms, go to hospital or evacuate immediately to a secure altitude!

   Oxygen assist you to relieve the signs of altitude sickness, however do no longer use it too frequently in Lhasa even as your symptoms of altitude sickness are not extreme. If you feel chilly or experience very uncomfortable, you ought to visit the nearest health center available in the place.

   In addition to the everyday medicinal drugs for journeying it's miles really useful to carry excessive altitude medicine. Seek recommendations from your medical doctor.

   Tell your excursion guide fast if you don't sense nicely and observe the guide's recommendation.

Three. What have to I do if I actually have high altitude sickness after arriving in Tibet?

There are hospitals in lots of big towns in Tibet. You might also adapt to moderate high altitude illness via yourself slowly and you could go to sanatorium if it's miles serious. After you have got already had high altitude sickness, you ought to relaxation properly, do no longer pass too much, maintain eating, drink some water with black sugar or take some medicinal drug. If the excessive altitude illness is pretty intense, you should go to clinic, or descend to some decrease places, or go away Lhasa immediately. High altitude illness shall disappear when you descend to certain altitude and it has no sequel symptoms.

4. Is high altitude illness greater serious if going to Tibet via plane than through train?

Exactly, however each way have their benefits and downsides. You are more likely to have excessive altitude sickness because you do not have sufficient time to adapt to the plateau environment progressively if you go by aircraft. The altitude trade is directly from numerous masses meters to extra than 3000 meters. While, in case you go to Tibet via train, you could adapt your frame to the high plateau surroundings slowly and steadily. Then, you may relieve or keep away from high altitude illness.

5. People with what form of illnesses cannot visit Tibet? Do I need physical practice before travelling to Tibet?

People with the subsequent sicknesses can not journey to Tibet:

   People with all varieties of natural heart illnesses, extreme arrhythmia or resting coronary heart rate over 100per minute, high blood pressure II or above, all kinds of blood diseases and cranial vascular sicknesses.

   People with continual respiration system illnesses, medium degree of obstructive pulmonary sicknesses or above, along with bronchus growth, emphysema and so forth.

   People with diabetes mellitus which isn't always managed nicely, hysteria, epilepsia and schizophrenia.

   People with terrible cold, higher respiratory tract infections, and frame temperature above 38F or under 38F while the whole frame and the respiratory gadget have obvious signs, aren't advocated to journey to Tibet until they're OK.

   People who have been recognized to have high altitude pulmonary edema, excessive altitude cerebral edema, excessive altitude high blood pressure with obvious increase of blood strain, high altitude coronary heart sicknesses and high altitude polycythemia.

[gotham-ruaidh]

Truth to Triumph

Previously…

Chapter 12: The Respite

September 25, 1904

Riverside Hospital, North Brother Island, circa 1937. For decades, this was the place New Yorkers went to be quarantined - when you had a disease like measles or typhoid or leprosy, which was a social death sentence. 

Riverside Hospital was abandoned in the 1960s. It still exists - a haunting, overgrown ruin - for anyone brave enough to visit.

 “And how exactly did you end up here, Herr Müller?”

 The middle-aged German gentleman smiled at Jamie, squinting in the sunshine of the balmy autumn day, enjoying the fresh air of the hospital courtyard.

 “The measle, Mr. Fraser. My wife and daughter had it first – my daughter had it when she was pregnant with my first grandchild. I took her here to the hospital so that Dr. Beauchamp could treat her.”

 “Why did you come all this way? It’s not easy to get here from Kleindeutschland.”

 Mr. Müller smiled sadly. “We don’t live there anymore – we couldn’t, after Tommy was killed on the boat. But my other son Paul – one of his friends moved to Yorkville. So we live there now too.”

 Yorkville was a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, bordered roughly by Seventy-Ninth and Ninety-Sixth Streets. It was just about as far north as one could get from Kleindeutschland while still remaining on the island.

 “But I’m sure there must be a hospital in Yorkville – why come here, to North Brother Island?”

 “Because of Dr. Beauchamp. She healed so many of my friends and family – and was such a comfort for us, in our time of need. She cares for people like a mother would. So we knew that she would know what to do for Petronella.”

 “And did she?”

 Now Mr. Müller positively beamed. “Of course! Dr. Beauchamp took very good care of her. And Petronella named her daughter Clara, in her honor!”

 Deeply moved by this man’s clear affection and respect for Claire, Jamie reached across the bench to squeeze Mr. Müller’s hand.

 “That’s so wonderful,” he said sincerely.

 “We are lucky to have her. She fights hard for the patients in her care. She must fight equally hard for the things and people she loves. Like you.”

 Surprised, Jamie’s brow furrowed. “How – ”

 “It’s written all over your face, Mr. Fraser. I was there at the celebration in the beer garden, a few weeks ago. You are good together. And don’t think I don’t know who you are – you are doing God’s work, with your articles.”

 Jamie flushed – and not because of the sunshine.

 “Those bastards must pay for what they did to us.” Mr. Müller’s voice was low, full of promise. “To our families. To our community. They see us as worthless trash, fit only to make their beer and sew their clothes. But we are much more than that. Ja?”

 “Ja,” Jamie agreed. “Thank you, Herr Müller.”

 “It is my pleasure. Come visit us in Yorkville – my wife makes the best sauerbraten. So much better than the scheisse I am served here!”

 Jamie shook Mr. Müller’s hand and stood, leaving him basking in the sunshine, his hospital uniform gently flapping in the breeze.

 --

 “It seems quiet here today.”

 Claire chewed on her sandwich, thinking. “We generally don’t have a constant stream of patients coming through our doors – most of our beds are in the infectious disease ward. People come here to be quarantined. To stay away from society for a time.”

 “Like me, I suppose.”

 She cut her pickle in half. “Nobody would think to look for you here – you’re safe with the consumptives.”

 He smiled. “So – what do you want to do for your birthday?”

 Her brows narrowed. “Let me guess – Henry told you this morning.”

 “Poor kid is beside himself that he hasn’t found the perfect gift yet.”

 She offered him the remaining bites of sandwich – cold chicken with grainy mustard on hearty rye bread – and he pushed his half-eaten bowl of chicken noodle soup across the table.

 “He’s so thoughtful. But he should also know that he doesn’t need to get me anything. Having him in my life is enough of a gift.”

 “Not so fast – surely there must be something you want. We’ve only got just about three weeks.”

 Slowly she glanced around them – taking note of the nurses and doctors quietly chatting at the neighboring tables.

 “A wedding.”

 Jamie blinked. “So soon? Are you sure?”

 “I’m positive.” She slurped the soup. “It doesn’t need to be much – we can do it in the parlor at the house. Just us, and Mama and Papa, and Henry. Nanny Fitz, too.”

 He swallowed the last bite of her sandwich. “May – may I adopt Henry? Give him my name?”

 She reached across the table to take his hand. Not caring about anyone or anything that could see.

 “I would be honored, Jamie.”

 His smile was dazzling. She squeezed his hand, brushed the crumbs from her uniform, and pushed back her chair.

 He gathered their lunch dishes and set them to the side before following her out of the staff dining room.

 In the darkness of the hallway, with nobody else around, he pressed her against the wall and kissed her. Tasting spicy mustard and salty pickle and the joy of forever.

[felipeandletizia]

April 3, 2020: King Felipe visited the Operations Command Retamares Base in Pozuelo de Alarcón

During the visit, Felipe conveyed the recognition of the whole of Spanish society to the Armed Forces for their task in the health crisis and encourages them to continue tirelessly in the task wherever they are needed.

Also, he took advantage “to transmit collectively, to all those involved in Operation Balmis to the entire Armed Forces, a message of support and gratitude. And with pride. Given what is a very important contribution in a time of need and national emergency."

Don Felipe has visited, at the Retamares Base in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), the organ of the Chief of Defense Staff (JEMAD) responsible for operational planning, conducting and monitoring military operations. He currently coordinates all the activities of the Armed Forces and troops employed in Operation Balmis, for the prevention and containment of the transmission of COVID-19, mitigating its health, social and economic impact.

He was accompanied by the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles and by the Chief of Defense Staff, General of the Air Miguel Ángel Villarroya.

In a first presentation, the commander of the Operations Command (CMOPS), Lieutenant General Fernando López del Pozo, explained the capacities and human and material resources made available for the development of this operation.

Next, in the hall of the Joint Operations Driving Center, the King has contacted in multiple videoconferences, with the five commands operatively subordinate to the CMOPS that intervene in Operation Balmis, and who have explained their participation from each sphere of action:

   Terrestrial Component Command, at the Army Army Headquarters (Madrid).    Naval Component Command, at the Rota Air Base (Cádiz).    Air Component Command, at the Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base (Madrid).    Emergency Command (UME), at the Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base (Madrid).    Inspector General of Defense Health, at the Gómez Ulla Central Defense Hospital (Madrid).

Operation Balmis began on March 15 led by the Chief of Defense Staff, who in turn is a member of the Coronavirus Technical Management Committee. 2,500 troops are deployed in this operation in 172 cities throughout Spain, and personnel from the Spanish Army, Navy, Air Force, Military Emergency Unit and Royal Guard participate.

The actions that are being carried out are mainly related to the disinfection of critical infrastructures (ports, airports and stations), sanitary facilities and dependencies both of the State Security Forces and Bodies and of other essential public services, in addition to support in the installation of field hospitals, support actions to transport various materials to places and health care facilities. Especially relevant is the effort made in disinfecting more than 130 nursing homes and transferring the sick and elderly from hospitals to hospitalized hotels.

In addition, the Military Defense Pharmacy Center (CEMILFARDEF) already focuses its activity on the production of hydroalcoholic gel, paracetamol and antivirals.

Operation 'Balmis'

The mission of the Armed Forces in this health crisis has been baptized with the name of operation 'Balmis', as a tribute to the humanitarian expedition led by Francisco Javier Balmis between 1803 and 1806, a military doctor who brought the smallpox vaccine to the territories of the Spanish empire in America and the Philippines.

The purpose of the group was none other than to end the infant mortality that the virus was causing in the overseas territories. Since leaving the port of A Coruña, the crew immunized the populations of the Canary Islands, America, the Philippines, Macao, Canton and the island of Santa Elena. A health feat that the Alicante physician achieved together with the Catalan military José Salvany.

[omgrachwrites]

Ocean Avenue (Bucky Barnes)

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x OC

Summary: When Darcie Baker - the daughter of a police officer - breaks her misfit friend’s heart at 16 she regrets it everyday even after she graduates though she knows she can’t go back and change what happened. Everything changes when over 10 years later she meets the gorgeous mechanic.

Warnings: fluff, angst, Peter being adorable

Words: 2124

A/N: Hope you guys enjoy this next part, please let me know what you think, I love you all very much! xxx

Part Four

Darcie sighed in relief as it was finally time for her to have her first break; she was on call at the hospital tonight. Although she loved being at the hospital and she was definitely a workaholic she was relieved to have some time to herself. Darcie hadn’t been sleeping well since she had discovered that Bucky was back in town and he was working within walking distance from where she lived and worked.

She was still feeling guilty about what had happened between her and Bucky when they were teenagers but she was sure that she didn’t deserve the way he had treated her. Darcie passed her friend Peggy in the hallway and she grinned at her.

“Hey, I’m going on break now, do you want anything?” the English beauty chewed her red stained lip as she thought about it.

“I’d ask for a will to live but I don’t think that you can buy them at the grocery store,” she giggled, “I’ll just settle for that blonde mechanic’s number,” she blushed prettily as she fiddled with her fingers.

“I’m sure that Steve will be delighted to get your number, he’s such a great guy,” Darcie smiled, although that did mean that she’d have to go back to Bucky’s garage to grab Steve’s number.

“Hmm, Steve,” Peggy hummed almost as if she was seeing what his name would sound like rolling off of her tongue, “if you could make an introduction I’d be forever grateful. But, I’d best get back to work darling,” she kissed Darcie’s cheek before she was off down the corridor again.

The weather in the city was so warm and balmy, the air smelling of fresh fruits from the surrounding stalls. This sort of weather made Darcie long for a peaceful stroll on the beach – as cliché and sickening as that sounded – with a cone of ice cream. It was something that she and Bucky used to do sometimes with Bucky forever stealing her caramel swirl gelato. He had wanted to take her to Coney Island but Darcie had refused, scared that her dad or one of his colleagues would catch them together and then it would have all been over.

She regretted not going on that day trip with Bucky because everything had ended anyway, going to Coney Island might have ended their friendship sooner but they’d have had fun and maybe Bucky wouldn’t hate her now. Darcie shook painful memories of the past out of her head as she passed a milkshake stand, she grabbed a vanilla fudge one for herself and a white chocolate one for Peter, it was his favourite.

Darcie worked with a woman called May Parker – she was really good friends with her actually – May’s nephew Peter worked in the comic book store down the street from the hospital. He was also completing an internship with Tony Stark. May had always said that Peter’s boss in the comic book store was a jerk and he never helped Peter out.

Because of the fact that Peter’s boss was such a jerk Darcie liked to help out when she could, May helped out too and Peter’s boss of course, didn’t care. It was fairly quiet when she walked into the heavily air conditioned store, as the little bell tinkled Peter’s head raised up from where he was pricing up some new stock. He grinned when he saw who it was.

“Darcie, hey. I didn’t know that you were coming in today,” he chewed his bottom lip and he quietly spoke, “you don’t have to you know. Just because my boss is an ass it doesn’t mean that you should have to pick up his slack. I do appreciate it though,” he added quickly.

Darcie shrugged with a smile as she approached the till, “I don’t mind, you know how much of a workaholic I am,” she giggled and passed him his milkshake, “that’s for you by the way. White chocolate,” she smiled as Peter’s eyes lit up and he reached to take the cold drink.

He took a sip and made a satisfied noise, “god, that’s good, thank you! I’ve been sweltering in here, even with the air conditioning,” he chuckled, pushing his sweaty hair back off his forehead.

“No problem Pete, what can I do? Is there some stock that needs to go out? I know that you can’t leave the shop floor unattended,” Darcie smiled, throwing her thick, long hair into a bun to get it off his face. Peter fiddled with a pen at the till – something that he always did when he was thinking – as his eyes scanned the store.

“Yeah, I think we’ve got some more of the chocolate to go out,” he pointed over to the corner of the room where the shelf of overly priced chocolate sat, “and there are some new Game of Thrones figures but you don’t have to bother with them. I can do it when I close the shop tonight.”

Darcie smiled at him, he was such a sweet kid, “I honestly don’t mind Pete, it makes sense for me to do it while I’m here,” she told him, patting him on the cheek.

“Thanks Darcie,” he threw her an appreciative look, chuckling and rolling his eyes as she finger gunned him, “please don’t do that ever again, it’s really not cool.”

Darcie laughed and gave him the finger in response to his words before climbing the numerous flights of stairs to the warehouse. As she reached the top of the stairs she panted and ambled into the warehouse to take the boxes of chocolates and the figurines down to the shop floor. By the time she had finished filling the shelves May had gotten there, she was whispering to Peter as she gazed wistfully at the corner of the shop, her eyes alight with excitement.

“Hi May, what’s going on?” Darcie giggled at her expression as she joined May and Peter behind the counter. May sighed, biting her lip and she pointed in the direction that she was looking in.

“There’s that gorgeous new mechanic, have you met him yet?” Darcie looked to where May was pointing, the man had his back to them but Darcie knew that it was Bucky.

She chewed her lip as he turned to face them and Darcie tried to ignore how good that white t shirt looked stretched over his muscles and he had a smudge of grease on his nose, “yeah, I’ve met him before, he’s a jerk,” Darcie elaborated when May gave her a questioning look, “I went to high school with him.”

“Oh! But that was ages ago, I’m sure that he’s changed since then,” her grin was giddy as Bucky approached the till with some of the also overpriced energy drinks, “hi there,” May burst out and he offered her a charming smile, the same smile that used to make Darcie go weak in her knees.

“Hey beautiful,” he winked before his baby blue eyes flicked over in Darcie’s direction, “Darcie,” he inclined his head so slightly that if she had blinked she would have missed it.

“Hey Buck, how are you?” she asked as Bucky paid for his items, Bucky shrugged nonchalantly as he rubbed the side of his nose, depositing even more grease onto his skin as he did so.

“To be honest, I’m all the more worse for seeing you again,” he spoke so casually, it was as if they were merely talking about the weather, Darcie felt a sting in her heart as her insides squirmed unpleasantly and she was very aware of Peter and May’s eyes on her.

“Hope to see you never,” his gazed flickered back over to May, “but I will definitely see you later,” he smirked and Darcie saw Peter grimace at Bucky’s flirting. When he left the store May turned to Darcie.

“What in the hell are you doing? Go after him! You and that man gave got some serious chemistry going on!” Darcie somehow didn’t think so.

However, she sighed and abandoned all thought and went after him, thankfully Bucky was just standing outside the store on his phone, his handsome features were locked together in a frown. His eyebrow raised in slight surprise as his eyes met hers and he opened his mouth, presumably to ask her what the hell she was doing or spit out some new insult.

“Bucky! I’m sorry, though it’s really not fair that you’re still punishing me for one tiny thing that happened over ten years ago! Are you ever going to get past this? Will you ever forgive me?”

“Darcie,” he started, heaving out a sigh, “it wasn’t just some tiny thing but let me spell this out for you. I don’t want to see you unless I absolutely have to and I definitely don’t want to know you. So how about you do us all a favour and forget about it because I’m never going to forgive you. Not ever,” his words were so harsh and all she could do was watch him as he walked away.

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“Hey, think fast!” Bucky chuckled as he launched one of the energy drinks at Steve when he arrived back at the garage. Steve caught it at the last minute and he threw Bucky a scathing look as he flipped open the can and took a generous sip of it.

“You look annoyed, what’s wrong?”

“I uh, saw Darcie in town, she still wants me to forgive her,” Bucky rolled his eyes and Steve bit his lip.

“Well, maybe you should forgive her and she’ll leave you alone,” Steve said reasonably, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly, “speaking of Darcie, can you drop her car back at her place when we close. You’ve kept it for long enough out of spite, I’ve written down her address and she’s assured me that she’ll be home to receive it, I called her before. You need to do it in person,” Steve dangled her car keys in front of Bucky

“I don’t understand why you can’t do it,” Bucky grumbled but took the keys anyway when Steve gave him a stern look.

When Steve and Bucky closed the garage Bucky took her flashy car and drove it to her equally flashy house, doctors must have an easy life judging by their obvious amount of wealth. Darcie even had a front garden with white roses planted in nearly every flower bed. Where there were no roses planted there was honeysuckle, Bucky could smell it as soon as he got out of the car, the sweet smell on the wind mingled well with the summer air.

Bucky sighed, preparing himself as he walked up the front path and took a moment before knocking on her door, he really didn’t want to be here but he knew she’d blab to Steve if he didn’t deliver. He really didn’t want to see Steve when he was angry; he’d seen a different side to his best friend ever since they had fought in the army together. After a couple of moments Darcie pulled the door open, still in her doctor’s scrubs. Bucky tried to ignore how pretty the colour of her hair looked in the evening sun and her skin almost looked like it was glowing, thankfully the sight of her didn’t induce the butterflies that it seeing her once did. He almost forgot how much he hated her.

“Come to insult me again? It was you that said that you never wanted to see me again wasn’t it?” she leaned against the doorframe, raising an eyebrow and it made Bucky remember exactly why he hated her and just how much.

“I’m not here on a social call,” he rolled his eyes, as he let her keys dangle off one finger; “your car is ready.”

She scowled as she snatched the keys from him, “can you give something to Steve for me?”

Bucky wanted to refuse but he had better not if it concerned his best friend, “fine, what?”

“Give me a second,” she said, closing the door slightly as she scribbled something down on a scrap of paper, “there you go, Steve will be happy with that.”

Bucky glanced down at it, saw that it was a phone number and sneered, “I thought Steve already had your number?”

Darcie smirked, folding her arms and spoke in a satisfied sort of voice, “oh, are you jealous Bucky?” she let out a laugh as she slammed the door in his face. Bucky glared at the door, almost kicking it and he walked back down the steps.

Upon closer the inspection of the number, Bucky saw that the name ‘Peggy’ was written right next to the digits.

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[allofusandco]

“I love you. Of course I’m gonna defend you like that.” (conrude)

Behind closed doors, Jude can’t hear every word of what’s being said; he’s getting the gist of it, though, the general overall theme. It’s “we were right and you were wrong” and it’s interesting to hear because for the most part, Conrad seems to have got the hang of being careful with his words when that would be safest.

Oh, wait. No, it’s when it would be safest for a patient, or for his friends. For Jude, he’s lost that slim grip on his sometimes fiery temper, and he’s not holding anything back.

“Are they still going?”

Bell’s assistant creeps back in the door. According to Conrad, he’s been going through them like he’s Murphy Brown. Except Jude is too cool to know who Murphy Brown is, and it’s best no one ever knows that the comparison crossed his mind.

“No, I think now they’re discussing last night’s ‘Game of Thrones’.”

“Game of Thrones wasn’t on last night.”

Jude gives the guy a withering look and he actually withers. It’s a thing to see. And then he dives into some busywork which looks a lot like pointlessly reshuffling papers for three minutes before opening facebook. (Not that he can see, but it’s a reasonable assumption, based on the finger stroking evenly over the mouse and the glazed expression.)

“Dr. Silva.” The voice is low and booming and comes from a man who, despite being at least three inches shorter than Jude, gives the overall impression of being significantly bigger than that. Glossy black skin, arrogance Jude can smell from fifteen feet away.

“Dr. Austin,” Jude says, shaking his hand. “I’m guessing.”

“You’d be correct. I just had a good look at your handiwork. Very nice. I probably couldn’t have done all that much better myself.”

Jude fights a grin; the implication is very clear.

“I was performing open heart surgery on an infant, though. Glad you were on hand to assist.”

“So am I,” Jude says. “It’s the waiting game right now. Waiting to see whether I’m about to get arrested and Conrad’s about to get fired.”

“Why would —” From inside the room, voices have just jumped in volume from a balmy thousand decibels to about three times that. “Oh,” Dr. Austin says, and ambles toward the door. He opens it without knocking (the assistant has scrambled again, so he can’t take the blame — he probably won’t be back), just as Conrad has built up a real head of steam again.

“So am I going to go downstairs and tell that kid’s parents that they can’t meet the genius surgeon who saved their son’s life because you just had him arrested, or will I go tell them how lucky they are that a volunteer from Doctors Without Borders just happened to be in the hospital when their son was brought in with a huge hole in his chest?” Conrad sounds furious, his voice almost unrecognizably sharp.

Bell stops dead, looking at Dr. Austin, hands balled into fists so hard that Jude thinks he might draw blood with his fingernails.

“Kid’s gonna be fine,” Austin says. “They did a good job. The stunt with the operating theater was smart, he wouldn’t have made it up to surgery.”

“Thank you, did I ask for your input?”

“No, you pay me for my input.”

Jude locks eyes with Conrad for a moment before Austin closes the door behind him and leaves without another word.

     –––––

“You shouldn’t have defended me like that,” Jude says.

“I love you. Of course I’m gonna defend you like that.” Conrad has a glint in his eye, and a smug look on his face. He’d fucking enjoyed that. Suddenly the ring in Jude’s pocket weighs a ton.

“You know how important you are to this hospital, babe. You can’t get yourself fired.” He’s probably right, though. Bell would be crazy to do something as stupid as have Jude charged, under the circumstances. Still.

Jude reaches out and grabs Conrad’s wrist.

“Thank you,” he says. “For that. And for the OR, and for the assist.” He kisses the corner of Conrad’s mouth, because any more than that and he’ll be looking for an on-call room for them to destroy. Besides, he wants to see everyone. And he has something important to do.

[coeurdastronaute]

Essays in Existentialism: Monarchy III

Please tell me you're going to write more of 'Monarchy'!! I loved it!

Previously on Monarchy

It was still hot and balmy, even when the kids went back to school and the businesses reverted to normal hours. Gone was the feeling of summer, though the temperature remained for a little while. Even after Lexa asked and invited her girlfriend to dinner, there was still a little bit of difficulty in planning it. To have everyone home at one time, it was a difficult endeavor to accomplish, and one she didn’t really undertake too eagerly.

Between Lexa trying to fulfill her ever expanding duties, Anya and Bellamy travelling, Aden going back to school, the King being kingly, the Queen being queenly, and a doctor who had more valid excuses than all the rest, it was like wrangling cats. But eventually, it couldn’t be avoided, as those things are known to be.

The back driveway was private, shielded by trees and guards, it was nondescript and carved from the park. But there it stood, tall and grand, stone quarried from the oldest mines, from ancient magic before there even was a city around it. The castle of an icon, and it housed so much that it started to wear it all on its face, etched in the deep grout of the porous stone.

As much as she looked anxiously through the window, Clarke didn’t see any of it though. The nerves ate away at her as s he toyed with the hem of her skirt until Lexa opened her door and took her hand.

The entrance to the residence was everything Clarke had imagined, and yet everything she’d never thought she’d ever see. Lexa kept telling her things, pointing at things, being the generally charming person that she was known to be, doting on her nervous girlfriend.

The ceilings were high, the walls all adorned with intricate work. It felt like a modern take on a museum. Clarke felt like she shouldn’t touch anything or breathe at all, like she’d disturb something and the police would appear out of nowhere and escort her from the premises. Instead, Lexa wove down halls and showed her things that no one else would ever get to see.

“Did you think we’d go through the front door?” Lexa smiled. “With the tourists?”

“Kind of. You own the place, right?”

“It’s going to be fine. We’re just a normal family,” she promised, running her hands along Clarke’s arms, hoping to soothe her.

All Clarke could do was smile and nod before catching a glimpse of the giant portrait on the wall above the roaring fire, adorned in gold and boarded by heavy, lush curtains. It was the definition of opulence and the epitome of old world money. The coat of arms was etched in marble, statues of ancient gods and men wrestling wolves were on heavy oak bookshelves with ancient hardcover novels.

“My parent’s place looks a bit different,” she muttered, earning a chuckle.

“Clarke, please. You know me, and you know who I am. I still like your apartment best.”

Lexa’s words came with her hips swerving closer to Clarke’s, herself getting closer until she grinned and kissed her girlfriend. She didn’t immediately relax, though eventually, the good doctor was unable to fight it too much.

“And they’re going to love you,” Lexa promised, kissing her cheeks until arms wrapped around her neck. “Just like I do. And we get a good dinner. Then maybe I can convince you to spend the night.”

“I’m not spending the night,” Clarke rolled her eyes, pushing Lexa’s shoulder slightly, though it did nothing to deter the lips.

“Why not? I can show you my room.”

“Because you live with your parents and I’m not doing the walk of shame past the Queen and King eating their morning grapefruits.”

“I knew I should have gotten my own place,” Lexa sighed, letting her forehead drop to Clarke’s shoulder where she shook it and groaned.

“You can drop me off at mine,” Clarke promised, smiling at the display of the sulking girl.

It’d been nearly a year since someone asked her if they could buy her a drink in a foreign country with war being fought just miles away. And she was dangerously close to falling in love with that same person who hated eggplant and would give in to seeing movies that she didn’t care about when she got kissed on one particular spot on her neck. Clarke was absolutely falling for the princess who had a huge heart, who did extra visits to wounded veterans, and helped organizations with fundraising. She was falling for the girl who liked to kiss the soft part of skin below her breast, who had dreamy airs about her though no one would know it, who liked to ride buses and the subway and read because it was the quietest most normal she could be.

“And you can come up, if Gus let’s you.”

“Gus is off tonight,” Lexa grinned.

“Al!” the voice boomed from another part of the residence. “Hey, are you here, kiddo?”

“Make sure curtsy when you introduce yourself,” she whispered as Clarke straightened up at the noise and reminder of more people.

“What?” she balked.

It was too late though. Before Clarke could get an answer, she found herself not alone in the room with her girlfriend. Instead, there was a beautiful, leggy woman tugging an equally tall, equally beautiful, lanky man. They glided. Their bodies didn’t seem to adhere to earthly physics. There was a distinct difference between seeing them on television or in a paper, and somehow being in the same room as the god-like heir.

As if it were slow motion, Clarke watched Lexa approach her sibling while noises continued from the back.

“Dad’s cooking,” the princess explained. “Glenna is going to be so mad when she sees what he’s done to her kitchen.”

“It’s going to give you flashbacks,” he explained with a smile.

Clarke swallowed roughly as she watched Lexa hug her sister and kiss her brother-in-law’s cheek. It was too late for her to run, and she knew it. But as nervous as she was, she found a bit of excited there, waiting to see this side of Lexa.

“I told him not to worry about it,” Lexa sighed. “Clarke, this is my sister, Anya. Her husband, Bellamy.”

“It’s so nice to meet you,” the older princess smiled and hugged Clarke, taking her by surprise. Clarke shook her husband’s hand and nodded. “Lex talks about you all of the time.”

“Not all of the time,” Lexa blushed, putting her hand on her girlfriend’s back. She earned a look from the others and cleared her throat. “Okay. All of the time.”

“I told her to stop doing that,” Clarke smiled. “I’m sorry, but did you say that your father was cooking?”

“He likes to wear aprons,” Anya explained.

“Al!” a booming voice called from down the hall.

“I’ll be right back,” Lexa sighed, rolling her eyes. “I’ll grab drinks. Mom texted and said she was running a bit late.”

Clarke accepted a kiss on her cheek from the inevitably future prince as he greeted her, though she was very eager to cling to Lexa’s hand and keep her close. There was no stopping her though, and all she was left to do was take a seat across from some very eager people with wolfish eyes, eager to get to know her.

“So,” Anya smiled as they settled. “You were over there?”

Clarke stared at her for a moment, because apparently they were getting right into it. She should have expected nothing less from the future queen.

“Yes. I was. I was a combat medic, triage consultant, and then I worked with setting up local hospitals.”

“Was it dangerous?” Bellamy worried, leaning forward slightly.

“At times. Lexa likes to remind me that I took more fire than she did. I guess I got used to it.”

“Alright, well I thought hearing Lex talk about her time was badass, but in under two sentences you’ve beat her out.”

“Really,” her husband nodded in agreement.

“My sister has to be the only person who can go to war and find a girlfriend,” Anya shook her head, still slightly amazed.

“I think I might be the only person who can go to war and come home to date a princess.”

“Those do seem like steeper odds,” Bellamy grinned. “I never thought Lexa would pick a smart one.”

It wasn’t approval, and it wasn’t it all, but still, Clarke relaxed slightly. She wasn’t sure how she’d expected it to go, and she hadn’t explicitly thought that she’d be given a rough go or hard time, but that didn’t stop every worst case scenario from haunting her for the past week.

By the time Lexa made it back in, she heard the laughter and felt herself relax. She hadn’t worried herself too much. She knew her family would be polite and accommodating. But she also knew that they could do that with every one. Their real opinions could be seen in the small parts of their interactions. But it wasn’t Anya’s fake laugh, and it wasn’t her fake contrived kind of conversation. It made Lexa feel better instantly.

“I swear, I watched it at a cafe in town,” Clarke explained. “Thank you,” she smiled and took a glass handed to her. “And the merchandise was all knock offs of knock offs. Your pictures were… let’s just say terrible. I saw a kid selling pictures and I think they just picked random pictures and edited them. It was funny.”

“I wish I could have seen that, honestly,” Anya chuckled. “I can’t believe they were showing it.”

“They did. There were parties in your honor well into the night.”

“And I missed all of them for your boring reception,” Lexa complained as she put her hand back on her girlfriend’s back after dispersing drinks to everyone. “Anya’s playing nice?”

“She didn’t believe you could fly a helicopter.”

“How else do you think I got her to date me,” she told her sister who just rolled her eyes.

As much as Clarke felt slightly more at ease to be over the first hurdle and doing relatively well at it, there was something about just being near Lexa that helped even more. Watching her joke with her sister and brother-in-law was exciting, and being a part of it was almost normal.

Somewhere deep into their first round of drinks, the nerves came back. It coincided directly with the addition of another few members of the family.

“Hi, sorry we’re late.”

The body attached to the voice was the one that Clarke dreaded most of all. In an instant she stood quickly, oddly unsure of why her muscles reacted like that. Lexa shared a look with her sister and smiled, following suit.

“You’re not late. Dad’s cooking,” Lexa informed her mother as she handed her purse to the woman following her.

“I told him not to do that,” the Queen sighed and accepted a kiss on her cheek from her daughter.

“Mom, this is Clarke. Clarke, this is my mother, Ev.”

“It’s… it’s a pleasure to meet you, your majesty?” Clarke furrowed and couldn’t understand her own words.

The entire world was quiet. The rest of the room held it for a moment before laughing.

“Just Ev is fine,” the Queen shook her hand. “Did she tell you to curtsy too?” Clarke gave Lexa a look and pursed her lips, but all she got was a smile in  return. “Why do you do this to people?”

“To ease her nerves. She was anxious about meeting you all for some reason.”

“Are you sure about her?” the mother asked, looking at Clarke seriously. “You don’t have to date her, you know.”

“I’ll answer that at the end of the night,” she promised, earning a smile.

There were a lot of them, it felt like. Clarke wasn’t accustomed to it, nor was she used to her girlfriend being nervous. Lexa was quiet, stoic, stalwart even. But now, there was a different pitch to her voice, a kind of overcompensating smile on her lips as she became hypersensitive to every word and conversation, because this was new and important and a first. They reassured each other, as much as a pair of drowning mice could reassure the other.

“Shall we go check on dinner and hope we have something to eat?” the Queen ventured.

They all continued down a hall until everything opened and the kitchen appeared, large and magnificent and busy, very busy. If Clarke had ever imagine the state of her life when meeting the King, surely she’d never considered he’d be wearing an apron and arguing with his wife while it happened.

The entire scene was too perfect, too domestic. They tried so hard to be normal, it was like acting in a middle school play.

“This might be the most embarrassing night of my life,” Lexa whispered, half to herself, half to her sister, who just laughed and enjoyed it.

It was very normal, and almost like it wasn’t happening in the private residence side of the palace. It was just Lexa’s parents. The highly recognized and guarded leaders of the country. The descendents of a long, long, long line of rulers who waged wars across the world. They were just Lexa’s parents though, and very far from people who were on stamps.

“Oh no…” Lexa muttered, mortified at her father.

Tall and sturdy, the man whose face appeared on the coinage of their country stood in the kitchen, gingerly fanning a large pan of lasagna, robe covering his nice clothes, large crown, sash and military medals firmly on his chest.

“He didn’t,” Anya gasped, the amusement trickling into her breath.

“He did,” Bellamy sighed.

“Why are you dressed like that?” The queen was the first to speak, earning her husband’s attention.

“It’s an auspicious occasion. My daughter finally brought someone home. I had it declared a national holiday.”

Clarke couldn’t take her eyes off of him while the rest of the family held in their laughter and Lexa tried to melt from embarrassment into the floor.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Dr. Griffin.”

It wasn’t the large, formal dining room, thankfully. It wasn’t even the smaller one. Despite her father’s antics, Lexa was mollified to find that he quickly took off his coat to reveal his normal button down, and his own amusement at his daughter's embarrassment at an all time high. She actually breathed a sigh of relief as she saw their normal dining room prepared. Thy gave the staff the night off, as they did from time to time, and they pretended.

All through dinner, she tried to relax, but it was difficult. She wanted Clarke to be comfortable, and her family seemed set on making her life difficult. But deep down, she knew her worries were for nothing.

“My mother called me non-stop for three hours,” Clarke explained, earning laughs from the table as their dishes were taken away.

“How was I supposed to know there were two Dr. Griffin’s?” Lexa begged.

“You have an entire government agency at your fingertips,” Aden reminded her. “You didn’t think to ask?”

“I thought it’d be creepy.”

“It would have been,” Bellamy assured her.

All Lexa could do was smile when Clarke rubbed her knee under the table. Just like that, she was new and herself and everything was normal. It was her favorite part, the thing she couldn’t really explain to anyone. She just felt better when she remembered the pretty doctor.

“Thank you,” the Queen nodded as coffee was brought out and set out on the table. “I want to hear the real story of what happened, right from Clarke. All Lexa tells us is you met oversees.”

“Yeah, I want to hear officially as well,” Anya leaned forward.

“Oh, I, uh,” Clarke swallowed slightly and turned to her girlfriend. Lexa was too distracted by how well she did with her family. “I had just finished setting up a clinic. It was my first time back at base in about a month. I went to the bar, and a pilot came up and asked to buy me a drink. Pretty simple story.”

“Nice,” the King nodded thoughtfully. “Very classic move. That’s how I got your mother.”

“No it’s not,” she rolled her eyes.

“And then I came back for the wedding, we met up when I got back, and--”

“I asked Clarke, Lexa,” her mother cut her off. “You gloss. You’re a terrible storyteller.”

“I don’t know,” Clarke disagreed gently with a smile to her girlfriend. “She would have everyone laughing, telling these stories of people she’d met growing up, things she’d seen. I liked the one about the ambassador who burned his crotch with the soup.”

“I’d say it’s a touch too hot!” Anya and Lexa laughed, quoting the story in unison.

“And I kind of liked when she would tell us the old myths. She told us battles and families and all of it, with a little magic,” Clarke continued earnestly. “That was one of the first nights. We were across the world, and all was quiet, and she told me the story of how she got the call sign Wolf.”

“Lexa talked all night?” Aden asked in pure disbelief. “I don’t think she can say more than a hundred words per day.”

“Per year,” Bellamy amended.

“Very funny,” the princess grunted.

“And what do you think,” the king spoke up. “About those stories?”

“I think they’re nice. I saw a lot of things. Of… I saw lots of not magic when I was over there,” Clarke nodded. “I saw a lot of miracles too. Extraordinary times bring out both ends of the spectrum.”

“Did she tell you how she’d howl as a kid?” he grinned, satisfied with the doctor’s answer.

“Oh, not this,” the Queen shook her head and hid her smile as she sipped her coffee. “You’ve embarrassed her enough.”

“You howled?”

“I still do,” Lexa boasted.

“Don’t you dare,” her mother warned as the siblings exchanged glances. Helplessly, Clarke looked to Bellamy, who knew exactly was about to happen and watched his wife with rapt attention. “Alex, I swear,” she looked to her husband. “Aden, don’t you--”

The howls started and Clarke looked at her girlfriend, that twinkle in her eye, and she couldn’t help but realize what a nerd she’d fallen for beneath all that bravado.

“This is what I have to put up with,” the Queen explained to Clarke.

“Wait, so what did you do?” Anya asked, furrowing and leaning forward, her full attention on the doctor across from her.

The living room was cozy, and the drink helped make her a little brave. Their party shrunk slightly, with Bellamy, Lexa, and Aden excusing themselves to watch a game in the den while everyone else settled in chairs. It took Clarke insisting for Lexa to go, though as soon as she was gone, she got a little nervous.

Her nerves were not useful though. She fixed hearts under gunfire. She could handle a queen. She could handle her girlfriend’s father, surely.

“There’s only so much you can do in that moment,” the doctor explained. “So I improvised. We used duct tape, and I used a straw for his lungs, inserted right about here,” she pointed to her own side.

“Wow,” the princess breathed. “You really were in the thick of it.”

“It was my godmother’s home. I couldn’t let it go without a fight.”

“That is a noble pursuit,” the Queen smiled.

Clarke thanked her with a nod, caught by her eyes and how much they were like her daughter’s. Though Anya took after her mother much more than Lexa, there were still bits of her there. Mannerisms and movements, especially. The Queen was beautiful and kind, stern and loving to her family, welcoming to guests. She had Lexa’s stoicism, which most would wrongly attribute to the king.

“You work with your mother now?”

“She’s the chief,” Clarke nodded. “I get to see her pretty often.”

“I’m sure she wasn’t happy you were going away to a warzone.”

“Not at all,” she agreed. “But she understood. When I called her from the plane on my way.”

“What do you think of it?” the King asked. “The war.”

“Oh, honey, leave it for the night.”

His eyes grew heavy with the thoughts. Clarke saw the weight it must have had on him. Strong as he was, hidden as he kept it all, it was right there. Still, despite his wife’s insistence, Clarke knew that he expected an honest answer.

“I think that I was over there too long to answer that question fairly.”

“That was some expert political maneuvering,” Anya chuckled to ease the mood as she sat back on her chair and sipped her drink.

“She just might survive dating Al after all,” the King nodded.

The night was cold, but still, Clarke followed when requested. It seemed like her only option, and she didn’t know much else or way out of it, with Lexa still distracted and not around to rescue her.

That was how she ended up in the private garden of the palace with the Queen. A sentence she never imagined stringing together, though her life seemed quite populated by those things now that she met Lexa. Things changed. Lots of things. Everything, actually.

“Alex was excited because he loves putting on a show,” the Queen explained. “I invited you to test you.”

“Test me?”

“You’re not stupid, Clarke. You’re brilliant, well-spoken, polite, courteous, all the makings of a fine wife.”

“Wife?” she gulped.

“You know what dating my daughter means.” It wasn’t a question, and this time Clarke didn’t have to ask dumbly to hide her own anxiety. “You’ve thought out every scenario.”

“I’m not… I don’t… I like Lexa. She came out of nowhere, and I wasn’t expecting it.”

“But you’ve thought about what this will mean, haven’t you? To come out, in her position. To be the topic of every newspaper story for the rest of your life.”

“I’ve tried to imagine,” Clarke corrected. “I have no idea what it will mean or feel like.”

“I’m not trying to dissuade you, you know?” the mother crossed her arms and stared out at the trees in the distance. “I’m trying to prepare you.”

“I know.”

“I love my daughter very much. I failed her once. I won’t fail her again.”

For a moment they were quiet, caught out on the porch among the chill of the season and the winter night that wanted to numb them completely. Clarke had not anticipated this kind of talk, nor had she planned for the night, though she thought it went better than possible.

“Lexa is genuinely good,” Clarke said to the night, not looking at the mother. “Sometimes you see pictures on the news and you know it’s for a photo op or something. But Lexa, she’s selfless. She’s brave. She’s got this dry wit that could easily be used with arrogance and condescension, but it’s not. Everything she does, is to elevate someone else. I’ve never met anyone like her. It’s not the schools or the fancy dinners around the world or growing up with a crown. I think you raised an amazing person. And I know I can’t make this process easy, but I do know that I’m going to be here for it all.”

The Queen smiled to herself at the words, though she stared out at the trees and the night and felt warm against the shiver.

“Which was worse, coming to this or triage?”

“The gin over there is terrible. This isn’t bad at all.”

“We should head back in.”

Neither moved.

“It’s kind of nice out,” Clarke offered despite her own shiver.

“It is,” the Queen agreed.

It still wasn’t approval, but it was something.

“Lasagna. He made.... Lasagna…” her friend furrowed and cocked her head at the story.

Clarke just laughed and took another sip of her coffee. It all felt like a dream, and as the words came out, she almost couldn’t believe she’d lived through meeting her girlfriend’s parents either. But telling her best friend made it true, she thought.

“It was actually really good,” Clarke grinned to herself.

“You ate lasagna with the royal family because you’re dating a princess.”

“Yeah, something like that.”

Raven watched and listened as her friend told her about the night, about the queen and how nice everyone was, and how nervous she had been. In high school, she was certain that Clarke would never be anything but wild. But after disappearing across the world for years, she came back different. Not bad, not wounded, but different. Tempered.

The café on the corner beside the hospital was very alive in the mid morning hum. It emptied out of those heading to work and kept busy enough with lollygaggers. Unable to get any sleep after getting called into a trauma after dinner, Clarke was in dire need of caffeine, while her best friend was in need of details.  

Without much time to get into it, Clarke sipped her drink and walked with her friend back to the hospital, giving out what she could, answering the obscure questions. The truth was, she hadn’t even had a second to contemplate it all, with the words of the Queen ringing out in her ears in an unending echo of sorts. As brave as she thought herself, something about this huge thing was terrifying her beyond repair.

“Clarke?”

The chill of the day and grey clouds distracted her, though her name warmed her slightly. Raven stopped her excited speculation and turned as well until they both held their breath and came face to face with the charming princess.

“What are you doing here?”

“I know you had a late night. I thought you might need this,” she offered the steaming cup in her hand, frowning slightly as she saw the hand holding another. “But you seem covered in the coffee department.”

“Oh God, yes,” Clarke hummed and quickly took the other one, handing Lexa the already empty cup. “You have no idea how much I needed this.”

With wide eyes, the amused princess watched her girlfriend sip the scalding drink like it was salvation. She didn’t stop after her first sip.

“Hi, I’m Lexa,” she grinned and offered her hand to Clarke’s accomplice who she vaguely recognized from stories.

“Yeah, I know.”

“Raven, is it?”

“Sorry,” Clarke swallowed and took a breath. “Yes. Sorry. Rae, this is Lexa.”

“You think I don’t know the princess of our country?” she scoffed and shook her hand.

All regal and poised, a large tartan scarf the colors of her house hung loosely around her neck, while beneath a tan peacoat a knit sweater betrayed her relaxed demeanor. Clarke just saw adorable. Raven saw the dollar signs and the accumulation of years of polishing school. This woman flew helicopters once, but now she was a princess, even when dressed down.

“I was just catching her up on my date last night,” Clarke explained. “Were you going to come into the hospital?”

“Yeah, this other one was for your mom,” she teased. “Did she tell you about how she dazzled my parents with war stories?”

“She was just getting to the embarrassing stories about your childhood, actually,” Raven corrected. “But she can tell me later. I’ll see you in a bit, yeah?”

“Be right in,” the doctor promised.

“It was a pleasure to meet you,” the princess offered.

It was there, in the smile, in the eyes, that Raven saw the little human part that Clarke claimed existed beyond the postcards and stamps and royal portraits, though she didn’t let herself dwell too much. The princess was dangerous in very unfamiliar ways, and Raven wasn’t sure how she felt, nor how to take her friend since her return. And so she kept quiet and nodded her farewell, leaving the two in their own little world with bodyguards around them, unnoticed by the hustle and bustle of the city.

“My parents loved you, by the way,” Lexa smiled at her girlfriend. “They wouldn’t shut up about you.”

“I actually had a good time.”

“Good enough to let me take you out as a thank you sometime this week?”

“I don’t know if it was that good,” she shrugged. “Did they really like me? You’re not lying to make me feel better?”

“Clarke, I swear,” she promised quickly. “My dad is convinced you’re a genius. Anya liked your stories. Aden just liked your boobs. And my mom liked the way you looked at me, whatever that means.”

“It means I like you, nerd.”

“Yeah, well. I promise.”

“We have a lot to talk about, you know?”

“I know,” Lexa nodded. “But I’m not worried if you’re not.”

For a long time, Clarke stared at Lexa’s earnest eyes and she knew her well. She knew how she ticked and the honor behind her bones. The smile came slowly as she agreed.

“Not a bit.”

“Good. I’ll call you tonight, okay?”

“Sounds perfect.”

“I really wish I could kiss you, but I suspect we’re both not there yet, just in case.”

“I wouldn’t want Gus to see, naturally.”

“You’re seriously my favorite person, did you know that?” Lexa shook her head and chuckled.

“I had a suspicion. Now get out of here. Go behead commoners or kiss babies or whatever it is you spend your day doing.”

“Beheadings are on Thursdays, but I do think I have some babies to kiss.”

“Get out, I mean it,” Clarke teased, nudging her slightly. “Unless you bring me more coffee.”

“You’re cut off.”

With a smile on her lips, Clarke stood there and watched Lexa give her a wink and wave before having Gus approach as they moved toward the car on the curb. She inhaled and held the cold air in her lungs and jostled the warm coffee in her hand, unsure of how in the world the past twenty-four hours had even happened.

The pictures that came should have been expected, however, Clarke was surprised by them. Everything was too perfect, too calm, too normal, that naturally, everything just seemed to fall into place, and that was too shortly lived. The pictures weren’t terrible, but the people taking them were.

The one that was her favorite was when Lexa was explaining, leaning close and pointing at the pitch. They looked happy, to Clarke. She looked happy, though she was so unaccustomed to seeing herself through someone else’s candid lens.

The headlines didn’t help. The guessing and questioning and theories about her identity. It all made Clarke obscenely self-conscious. Two official dates in public, and everything changed, just like she knew it would, but also in ways she never expected.

“You shouldn’t read those,” Lexa sighed, sitting on the edge of the bed as she pulled on her pants and socks.

“We shouldn’t have gone together,” Clarke realized as she flipped another page.

“Do you mean that?”

Her shoulder’s fell slightly, though she refused to look back at the naked girl in the bed, hidden under a heavy quilt and sunshine. The colors of the lights faded against the day, and Lexa missed them greatly.

“No,” she huffed and turned the page, agitated with herself.

With a small smile and relaxing of the muscles of her shoulders, Lexa let her foot drop before taking a beat. It was early and the sun was that cold kind of sun that feels violent despite the weather. Snow would be fresh out there. Gus would be waiting beside the car out there. In here, things were different. Things were warm and safe and quiet.

“It’s only going to get worse.”

“You walked into my bar in another country and I’m on the cover of every newspaper in the city--”

“Probably the world,” Lexa reasoned, looking for her shirt on the ground.

“You’re missing the point. I just… this is fast.”

“Nothing is happening.”

“According to this one, a lot is,” Clarke argued, opening another after tossing the last on a pile. “I didn’t think.”

“Nothing is going to change, but I am not going to waste my time not spending it with you because of those stupid things.” In a huff, Lexa pulled the shirt over her head and brought it down with force.

“Still.”

“Stop looking at these,” she insisted, grabbing the papers and shoving them from the bed to the floor. “We’ve talked about it. This is how we do it. My family knows how to handle this. Hell, we’ve survived worse scandals than this. Do you want to go out with me again?”

“It’s harder to answer when you’re dressed.” The princess cocked her head and pursed her lips at the blonde in the bed who eyed her warily. “Tomorrow?”

“Stop reading these. I mean it. I like you, Clarke.”

“Good,” she decided, tugging on her arm until Lexa hovered over her in bed. “I’m sorry. It’s just weird and new and scary.”

“It doesn’t have to be,” Lexa promised, kissing her softly. “Don’t freak out. You’ve bandaged people with mortars going off around you.”

“Yeah, well that seems a lot more reasonable than those.”

“Okay,” she smiled, kissing her again. “I have to go or my sister will send the Bravo team and the palace guard after me.”

“See, jokes like that aren’t funny,” Clarke pushed herself up in bed and watched Lexa move around the apartment.

“A little funny.”

An entire multicolor galaxy covered the bare back in the bed. Lexa was intimately distracted with it. She skated her fingertips along each color, watching the blues and reds and greens and oranges meld together so that Christmas appeared in her hands.

A small hum emerged as shoulders rolled, stretching under the careful parade of reverence. The sheet stayed on her hips as she rolled over. Lexa moved with it, draping herself over Clarke’s hip. She didn’t care that she was covered in the same christmas light colors. She only cared about the creamy skin under her hand. She splayed her palm over sternum as Clarke took a deep breath. She bent down and kissed the black and blue bruise that slumbered beneath skin on Clarke’s hip.

“I like your decorations,” Lexa whispered. Absently, Clarke ran her nails along Lexa’s thigh, stretching herself out diagonally across the bed. “I want some of these lights. You’re covered in colors.”

“What am I going to do with you, princess?”

“I don’t think there’s much left,” she grinned, biting at hipbone before resting her cheek there. “You did a few things I’m going to be a fan of already.”

“You’re hopeless.”

“I am.”

Clarke shook her head and laid her head down again, letting the girl in her bed run her hands over her body in ways that were innocent enough, but torture at the worst. It wasn’t a terrible way to spend a night.

“What’s it like to fly?” Clarke whispered. “You said you missed it, at dinner, and I guess I never thought about what it must be like.”

“Wonderful. Terrifying. I’ve never felt more at home.”

“How did you pick it?”

“They wouldn’t allow me to do anything dangerous. I wanted to be strike team, but that was too much in the thick of it. This was a compromise.”

“What did you do? I always just thought you flew around. There had to be more to it.”

“I provided cover support, evac, eyes if needed.”

“You can’t keep doing that,” Clarke whined, eyes fluttering shut as Lexa’s fingers swirled around her nipple. “I can’t think straight.”

The only response she got was a chuckle and contented sigh. A hand still raked over her body, cupping and playing with the colors.

“Do you think you might want to come over for small party tomorrow night?” Lexa murmured, furrowed and contemplative and tongue thick with asking.

“To your house?”

“Well, yeah. It’s just my family. Not much of a party. But we do family things.”

“You don’t have to invite me, you know?”

“I want to. They like you a lot.”

Far away was the pub and the game and the party at the palace. Long forgotten was the flying and Gus and her family that she would see in the morning. The entire universe was splashed under her fingertips, and Lexa tried to place herself in the spectrum of time and space, but failed, instead choosing this moment to be the anchor for all else, all history and future and lives sprouted from this.

“You look like you’re thinking too hard for someone who is naked in bed,” Clarke teased, pushing aside Lexa’s hair on her temple, dragging her fingers through it, earning a hum.

“I wish I could freeze time. I’m quite happy right now.”

“Sex usually helps.”

“Yeah, I liked that.”

“The night’s not over, you know,” Clarke moved, pulling herself closer so she could kiss Lexa’s knee. “Unless your car turns into a pumpkin or something.”

“It won’t.”

“Good.”

In a second, Lexa moaned and decided freezing time would be the next skill she attempted to acquire. For she was happy, and she only just realized that it was a state she’d been inhabiting for a long time. With a warm mouth on her skin, she hoped it was a place she’d inhabit forever.

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Climate of Tibet:

1. How's the climate in Tibet? Is it hot in summer? Is it very cold in winter?

Tibet is in a high plateau, and it belongs to typical downy special climate. Climates are quite different in different areas of Tibet. The eastern Tibet which is at a lower elevation is warmer than western Tibet. In some mountain areas, there are four seasons at the same time in different altitude. The weather in a day varies greatly, too. http://www.educationcareeradvisors.com The night is cold while the day is warm. It spans 12-15 degrees centigrade in a single day.

Climate in southeastern Tibet including Nyingchi and Chamdo is balmy with an average temperature of eight degrees centigrade; while in western Tibet (Shigatse and Nagqu) is quite cold with an average temperature below zero degree.

However in the central area of Tibet, the climate of Lhasa and Tsedang is more favorable for traveling. Travelers can visit these two areas all year around, not too hot in summer and not too cold in winter.

2. How is the road condition in rainy season in Tibet? Need I take any rainproof with me?

The rainy season in Tibet is mainly from June to August and it does have a very bad impact on the roads. However, there are many track maintenance workers and local army would also give help to restore the roads. Generally speaking, it only takes a few hours to make the roads feasible again. As for the rainproof, you are suggested to take raincoat, rain-proof trousers and shoes if you want to trek, climb the mountain or ride a bike. If you have group tours organized by some travel agencies, usually you don't need to take rainproof with you, because Tibet often rains at night and the weather is quite good in the daytime. Besides, the tourist bus is always along with you.

3. What is the best time to travel to Tibet?

Generally speaking, early April is the beginning of travel season, which lasts to mid-June when a large number of Chinese travelers rush to Tibet for summer holiday. Late June to the end of National Holiday is the peak travel season when some important festivals held in Tibet, like Shoton Festival, Gyantse Dawa Festival and Nagqu horse riding Festival. After mid October, Tibet turns to winter and as the visitors reduce greatly, more than half of hotels are closed for the poor reservation.

As for the best time to travel, it depends on your travel requirement.

1. If you want an extremely cheap price, go to Tibet in winter, from December to next March. All the things are quite cheap; even the tourist sites offer 30-50% discount on entrance fee. Hotels are cheap, too. You can enjoy 5 star hotels with less than 100USD including breakfast. Compared with traveling in August, the cost of a winter tour is only 50%-60% of a summer tour. Because of the poor amount of visitors, the Potala Palace allows you to spend even a whole day in it. Besides, the monks are not busy and have spare time to chat with you.

2. If you like trekking, do it at May or September when the monsoon will never bother you and the weather is balmy and pleasant.

3. If you love Mt.Everest and want to see the clear face of it, try to avoid the rainfall season and foggy weather.

4. If you love to visit the grass land in north Tibet, do the tour in July when the flowers bloom in vast grassland and groups of yak and sheep, Tibetan nomad tents spread all over the grassland.

5. Those who want to drive to Tibet through Sichuan-Tibet highway should avoid the rainy season. There will be mudslides, cave-ins and mire on certain sections of the road, blocking the passage of vehicles.

About high altitude sickness

1. What is high altitude sickness? What's the symptom of high altitude sickness?

High altitude sickness may occur at high altitudes (over 2700m) due to the decreasing availability of oxygen. It usually occurs following a rapid ascent and can usually be prevented by ascending slowly. Symptoms often manifest themselves six to ten hours after ascent and generally subside in one to two days, but they occasionally develop into the more serious conditions. Common symptoms of high altitude sickness include shortness of breath, headache, fatigue, stomach illness, dizziness, and sleep disturbance.

2. How to avoid or relieve high altitude sickness?

Keep a good mood, don't be too excited or be too worried about high altitude sickness. Before visiting Tibet, get as healthy as possible, both physically and psychologically.

Take care of yourself and avoid catching cold before going to Tibet, and not to take shower at the first two days after you are in Lhasa to avoid being cold, or you will easily suffer from altitude sickness under weak physical condition.

Do not drink any alcohol on the first two days when you are in Tibet. Drink plenty of water and eat light, high-carbohydrate meals for more energy.

Do not run, jump or do some taxing jobs at the first two days. Being peaceful and having a good rest are important.

Once you have the symptoms of altitude sickness, take some medicine (it is said that it's helpful to have some butter tea if you can adapt to the flavor of it) and don't go higher. Medication and oxygen also help to prevent altitude sickness. Mild altitude sickness symptoms can be treated with proper medication. If medication and oxygen do not relieve the symptoms, go to hospital or evacuate immediately to a safe altitude!

Oxygen can help you relieve the symptoms of altitude sickness, but do not use it too often in Lhasa while your symptoms of altitude sickness are not serious. If you feel chilly or feel very uncomfortable, you should go to the nearest hospital available in the area.

In addition to the normal medications for traveling it is advisable to bring high altitude medication. Seek suggestions from your doctor.

Tell your tour guide quickly if you don't feel well and follow the guide's advice.

3. What should I do if I have high altitude sickness after arriving in Tibet?

There are hospitals in many large cities in Tibet. You may adapt to mild high altitude sickness by yourself slowly and you may go to hospital if it is serious. After you have already had high altitude sickness, you should rest well, do not move too much, keep eating, drink some water with black sugar or take some medicine. If the high altitude sickness is pretty severe, you should go to hospital, or descend to some lower places, or leave Lhasa immediately. High altitude sickness shall disappear after you descend to certain altitude and it has no sequel symptoms.

4. Is high altitude sickness more serious if going to Tibet by plane than by train?

Exactly, but both means have their advantages and disadvantages. You are more likely to have high altitude sickness because you don't have enough time to adapt to the plateau environment gradually if you go by plane. The altitude change is directly from several hundreds meters to more than 3000 meters. While, if you go to Tibet by train, you can adapt your body to the high plateau environment slowly and gradually. Then, you may relieve or avoid high altitude sickness.

5. People with what kind of diseases can not go to Tibet? Do I need physical practice before travelling to Tibet?

People with the following diseases can not travel to Tibet:

People with all kinds of organic heart diseases, severe arrhythmia or resting heart rate over 100per minute, high blood pressure II or above, all kinds of blood diseases and cranial vascular diseases.

People with chronic respiratory system diseases, medium degree of obstructive pulmonary diseases or above, such as bronchus expansion, emphysema and so on.

People with diabetes mellitus which is not controlled properly, hysteria, epilepsia and schizophrenia.

People with bad cold, upper respiratory tract infections, and body temperature above 38F or below 38F while the whole body and the respiratory system have obvious symptoms, are not recommended to travel to Tibet until they're OK.

People who were diagnosed to have high altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude cerebral edema, high altitude hypertension with obvious increase of blood pressure, high altitude heart diseases and high altitude polycythemia.

High risk pregnant women.

If you are not sure about your body condition, you may have a physical examination. But you are not supposed to do more exercise before going to Tibet, for exercising will give more burdens to your heart and you'll need more oxygen, which may easily cause high altitude sickness.

6. Why can not people with cold go to Tibet? What should I do if I catch a cold in Tibet?

Your immune system shall be weak if you catch a cold and you may suffer high altitude sickness easily because of it. Besides, severe cold may easily turn to some more serious high altitude diseases, especially pulmonary edema, which is very dangerous. So you are not supposed to travel to Tibet before you get rid of a cold.

While, if you catch a cold in Tibet, things might not be so serious, because your body has already, to some extent, adapt to the plateau environment and you can go to a doctor and take some medicine

Permits & certificates

1. Are there any limitations or restrictions imposed on foreigners to travel to Tibet? How about overseas Chinese, Taiwan Compatriots and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots? How to handle it and how long does it take?

There are some special requirements for foreign travelers to Tibet. Firstly, foreign tourists to Tibet must be organized by travel agencies, with confirmed routes. Secondly, a Tibet Travel Permit issued by the Tibet Tourism Bureau is indispensable. The Tibet Travel Permit must be obtained before they head to Tibet. What's more, foreigners are not allowed to travel alone in Tibet by their own, even with the travel permit. They must be accompanied by a licensed tour guide. Tibet travel permit is also required from overseas Chinese and Taiwan Compatriots, while Hong Kong and Macao compatriots can travel to Tibet like other Chinese citizen with valid Home Return Permit. Foreigners, overseas Chinese and Taiwan compatriots can apply for Tibet travel permit from Tibet tourism bureau or certain qualified travel agencies with valid passport (copies), visa (copies) and job certificate. Usually, it can be obtained in one week and 2 to 3 days if you are in urgent need.

2. What is Tibet Entry Permit? How to get a Tibet Entry Permit and what documents are required to get it?

Tibet Entry Permit, also known as Tibet Tourism Bureau (TTB) Permit or Tibet Visa, is the basic document for foreign travellers to enter into Tibet. No foreign visitor can visit Tibet without holding the Tibet Entry Permit in their hands. Foreign tourists are required to show both their Chinese Visa and Tibet Entry Permit when they change for the boarding passes of flying to Tibet or board trains to Tibet.

Tibet Entry Permit is officially issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau, in purpose of restricting the numbers of foreign visitors. With this permit, foreigner tourists can travel in Lhasa region including Lhasa city, Yamdrok Lake, Ganden, Tsurphu, Namtso, Drigung Til and Reting.

Tibet Entry Permit is not available for independent travelers. Foreign travellers have to travel in tour group and ask legitimate travel agency to apply Tibet tour for you.

Documents required:

You can get Tibet entry permit (TTB permit) by sending certain qualified travel agency the first page of your valid passport and a copy of your Chinese visa by fax or by email, and state clearly your occupations (Foreign journalists and diplomats are not allowed to go to Tibet as a tourist). If you are Taiwan Compatriots, send us the copies of your MTP-Mainland Travel Permits or called Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit/travel document (commonly known as "Tai Bao Zheng"), and tell us your occupations.

If you are the citizens of Hong Kong and Macau SAR, China Re-entry Permit for Hong Kong & Macau Compatriots is enough to travel in Tibet. You are not required to apply for the Tibet Permit.

Pay attention: If you are planning to travel to places officially closed to foreigners in Tibet, an Alien's Travel Permit is required.

3. What is Alien's Travel Permit?

Except Tibet Entry Permit, an Alien's Travel Permit is required if you are planning to travel to places officially closed to foreigners in Tibet, such as Mt. Everest, Rongbuk Monastery, Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasorovar. Alien's Travel Permit is not needed for places in Lhasa region, towns of Shigatse and Tsetang, or nonstop travel on Friendship Highway.

Alliens' Travel Permit is required to visit 'unopened' areas. Which is issued by the police (Public Security Bureau, "PSB"). Usually you can apply for it once you arrive at Lhasa. For tour groups, our guide will ask you for the passport and TTB permit and submit it to the Foreign Affairs Section of PSB for the Travel Permit. It normally takes several hours and the cost is 50 CNY/person. If you are an individual traveler, you need to join local tours to 'unopen' areas, and the local travel agencies will arrange the PSB for you as well. Pay attention, there is no travel agency can provide 'PSB permit-only' service.

Notice: If you want to do a Tibet overland tour from Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai or Xinjiang province to Tibet, you must got the PSB permit before your tour starts.

4. Which parts of Tibet are listed as the closed areas?

At present, you have to apply for a Travel Permit if you are planning to visit the following places:Tsedang: Samye Monastery, Tomb of Tibetan King, Trundruk Monastery, YumbulakhangShigatse: Sakya Monastery, Mt. Everest, Rongbuk MonasteryGyangtse: Pelkor Chode Monastery & Kubum StupaNgari Region: Mt. Kailash, Lake Manasarovar, Tsaparang, Years, etc. Nyingchi Region: Basum-tso, Pomi, Rawo-tso, etc.Chamdo Region: Chamdo, Riwoche, Tengchen, etc.

5. Are there any other certificates and permits may be required in Tibet?

Except Tibet Entry Permit, Alien's Travel Permit, there are Military Permit, Foreign-affairs permit and other permits which may be required when traveling in Tibet.

Sensitive border are as such as Mt Kailash and eastern Tibet also require a military permit and a foreign-affairs permit. For Tholing and Tsaparang in western Tibet you will also need a permit from the local Cultural Antiquities Department. All these will be arranged by our travel agency one month before you enter Tibet. The Military Permit is issued by troop while the Foreign-affair's permit is issued by Foreign affairs office in Lhasa. It normally takes 10-15 working days to get them all.

6. How to deal with the visa from Tibet to Nepal? Can I apply for Nepal visa in Lhasa? Is it fast? Shall I be denied?

Nepal has two embassies in China: one is in Beijing and the other is in Lhasa. It is easier and more convenient to handle the Nepal visa in Lhasa as long as you conform to the certain procedures. And there are seldom any cases of denial. But the visa officers don't work at regular time, so you are recommended to stay several more days in Lhasa to apply for Nepal visa and it is more secured if you handle the visa first after you arrive in Lhasa. The general consulate of Nepal is in Lhasa, near the Norbulinka Park. Normally you can get the visa in the afternoon of the next working day if you submit the application and necessary documents in the morning of the first day. The time to submit document is from 10am to 12am, Monday to Friday. So, you need plan a couple of days in Lhasa to wait the visa. The time to get visa is usually at 4pm, once you get the visa, you can fly to Kathmandu or set out to Zhangmu border by cars or by bus.

To apply for Nepal visa in Lhasa, you need prepare the original passport, 2 passport size copies and complete a form. Your passport must be valid at least for the next 6 months. There are three kinds of visas according to period you plan to stay in Neal, the 15 days, 30 days and the 3 months. If you are going to stay more than 15 days in Nepal, it is better to get the visa in Lhasa, as the border office issued 15 days visa only and it is relatively expensive to extend the visa in Kathmandu or Gorkaha.

You can also get Nepal visa at the border. Not far away from the Friendship Bridge, you can get the arrival visa of 15 days stay at the border office with 25 USD. You need prepare a passport size photo and complete a form as well.

What to Pack:

1. What drugs to take when traveling to Tibet?

In the first few days after arrival in Tibet, you may experience some degree of altitude reaction. Colds, insomnia and digestive disorders are common. Take an adequate supply of any prescription medication you use regularly, including medicine for cold, headache, stomachache, and insect bite, diarrhea and so on, like the Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Antibiotics, throat lozenges, nasal decongestant and vitamins etc. Most over-the-counter medicines, such as aspirin and anti-diarrheal pills, are available in Lhasa, but are more difficult to obtain outside of urban areas. It is advisable to take anti-altitude sickness drugs to cope with oxygen deficiency. Bring diamox pills which are believed to be able to prevent the altitude sickness effectively. Please consult your doctor prior to your travel to Tibet.

2. What food to take when travelling to Tibet?You may take some chocolate, dried beef, hot pickled mustard tuber, biscuit and other food and snacks you like. You'd better take food with high calorie. You may also take some gum with you, which may help relieve the symptom of syrigmus and headache. When traveling to remote areas of Tibet it is a good idea to pack some food, snacks, and drinking water. It is not always easy to find food or drinkable water in these areas. Water purification equipment, such as hand pump filters, is not necessary, as bottled mineral water and thermoses of boiled water are available everywhere throughout Tibet. Water purification tablets can be useful during trekking. It is a good idea to take a good quality multivitamin to supplement your diet since a supply of vegetables and fruits may not be readily available.

3. The necessary commodities you should take when traveling to Tibet Necessities: sunglasses, hat, sun cream, skin cream, lipstick, long sleeve clothes, sweaters, Passport, visa, money, credit card, camera, film, batteries, toiletries, cosmetics, knife, watch, day bag-pack, big travel bags (soft luggage), water bottle, journal, reading book, writing materials, binoculars, family pictures and snack foods.

4. What kind of clothes and shoes should be taken when traveling to Tibet?

Clothes

The temperatures change greatly on the altiplano. In the north part of Tibet, people wear thick coats all year round (including July and August which are the hottest months in most of the areas in China). The highest temperature is 4-5 degrees centigrade in northern Tibet. It also snows in July and August.

The temperature difference in a single day is big. In Lhasa, the temperature in July arrives at 30 degrees centigrade at daytime, but falls to 10 degrees centigrade at night. Sometimes it will snow or sleet at night, so you'd better take some down garments (those with hats will better), woolen sweaters, warm gloves, warm and wind-proof shoes and socks. Wearing several layers of clothing that can be easily added or removed is the wise choice since temperatures may vary greatly within a single day.

Most hotels in Tibet have no central heating. The air-conditioners in single rooms do not work well in the cold night. In winter, from November to next March, of course you need bring down jackets, warm sweaters, gloves, warm pants, woolen hats. It is very cold in the morning and evening. In summer, wearing a T-shirt in day time but the Jacket is necessary at hotel in the morning and evening.

During the peak tourism season, April, May, September and October, you need to prepare T-shirts, overcoats and jeans, warm sweaters. Besides, frequent rainfall in this season makes waterproof clothing and raingear absolute necessities.

Even in summer, a down coat is necessary for those who are traveling beyond Lhasa and Shigatse into more remote areas such as the Everest Camp. A windbreaker plus a sweater will work nicely for strolling around Lhasa in summer.

Other essentials to pack include four or five pairs of cotton or woolen underwear, four or five pairs of woolen socks, long sleeve cotton or lightweight wool shirts and T-shirts. Women should avoid skirts or dresses.

Also, whenever you visit Tibet, if your plan includes overnight at Everest Base Camp or Namtso Lake, or a several days outdoor trek in mountain area, to keep warm is very important. The winter clothes are a must. However, you do not need to worry too much about clothing, you can buy any kind of clothes you need in Lhasa and clothes is quite cheap.

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The climate of Tibet:

1. How’s the climate in Tibet? Is it warm in summer? Is it very bloodless in wintry weather?

Tibet is a excessive plateau, and it belongs to common downy special climate. Climates are quite unique in different regions of Tibet. The Japanese Tibet that’s at a lower elevation is hotter than western Tibet. In some mountain regions, there are four seasons in the same time in one of a kind altitude. The climate in a day varies significantly, too. The night is cold at the same time as the day is warm. It spans 12-15 tiers centigrade in a single day.

The climate in southeastern Tibet which includes Nyingchi and Chamdo is balmy with an average temperature of 8 ranges centigrade; at the same time as in western Tibet (Shigatse and Nagqu) is quite bloodless with an average temperature beneath 0 degrees.

However, within the central vicinity of Tibet, the climate of Lhasa and Tsedang is greater favorable for touring. Travelers can visit those two regions all 12 months around, no longer too warm in the summer season and no longer too bloodless in wintry weather.

2. How is the road condition in the rainy season in Tibet? Need I take any rainproof with me?

The wet season in Tibet is especially from June to August and it does have a very bad effect on the roads. However, there are numerous track renovation employees and neighborhood navy could additionally provide help to restore the roads. Generally speaker, it only takes some hours to make the roads possible again. As for the rainproof, you are suggested to take raincoat, rain-proof trousers and footwear in case you need to trek, climb the mountain or journey a bike. If you’ve got organization excursions prepared by way of a few tour groups, generally you don’t need to take rainproof with you, because Tibet regularly rains at night time and the weather is quite desirable inside the sunlight hours. Besides, the traveler bus is continually at the side of you.

Three. What is the nice time to travel to Tibet?

Generally talking, early April is the beginning of tour season, which lasts to mid-June whilst a huge variety of Chinese tourists rush to Tibet for summer time holiday. Late June to the stop of National Holiday is the peak journey season when a few vital gala’s held in Tibet, like Shoton Festival, Gyantse Dawa Festival, and Nagqu horse driving Festival. After mid-October, Tibet turns to winter and because the traffic reduces greatly, more than half of inns are closed for the terrible reservation.

As for the excellent time to travel, it relies upon in your journey requirement.

1. If you need an exceptionally reasonably-priced charge, visit Tibet in winter, from December to subsequent March. All the things are pretty cheap; even the vacationer sites provide 30-50% cut price on front fee. Hotels are reasonably-priced, too. You can enjoy five celebrity hotels with much less than 100USD inclusive of breakfast. Compared with touring in August, the value of a iciness tour is only 50%-60% of a summer excursion. Because of the bad amount of traffic, the Potala Palace lets in you to spend even a whole day in it. Besides, the clergymen aren’t busy and have spare time to chat with you.

2. If you want trekking, do it at May or September when the monsoon will by no means hassle you and the climate is balmy and fine.

3. If you love Mt.Everest and want to see the clear face of it, try to avoid the rainfall season and foggy climate.

4. If you love to visit the grass land in north Tibet, do the excursion in July when the flora bloom in sizeable grassland and corporations of yak and sheep, Tibetan nomad tents unfold all around the grassland.

Five. Those who need to pressure to Tibet via Sichuan-Tibet dual carriageway ought to avoid the wet season. There could be mudslides, cave-ins, and mire on sure sections of the road, blockading the passage of cars.

About excessive altitude sickness

1. What is excessive altitude illness? What’s the symptom of high altitude sickness?

High altitude sickness may also occur at excessive altitudes (over 2700m) because of the reducing availability of oxygen. It generally occurs following a speedy ascent and may typically be prevented by means of ascending slowly. Symptoms frequently appear themselves six to ten hours after ascent and usually subside in one to 2 days, but they from time to time develop into the extra extreme conditions. Common signs of high altitude sickness encompass shortness of breath, headache, fatigue, belly infection, dizziness, and sleep disturbance.

2. How to keep away from or relieve excessive altitude illness?

Keep an awesome temper, do not be too excited or be too concerned approximately excessive altitude sickness. Before visiting Tibet, get as healthy as feasible, both physically and psychologically.

Take care of yourself and keep away from catching bloodless earlier than going to Tibet, and no longer to take shower at the first days once you are in Lhasa to avoid being cold, or you will without difficulty suffer from altitude illness under weak bodily condition.

Do now not drink any alcohol on the primary days while you are in Tibet. Drink masses of water and consume mild, high-carbohydrate food for extra strength.

Do not run, soar or do little taxing jobs at the primary two days. Being nonviolent and having a very good relaxation is important.

Once you have the symptoms of altitude illness, take some medicinal drug (it’s far stated that it is beneficial to have a few butter tea if you could adapt to the taste of it) and do not move higher. Medication and oxygen also assist to prevent altitude sickness. Mild altitude sickness symptoms may be treated with right medicine. If medication and oxygen do not relieve the signs and symptoms, visit health center or evacuate immediately to a secure altitude!

Oxygen can help you relieve the signs and symptoms of altitude sickness, however, do now not use it too regularly in Lhasa even as your signs and symptoms of altitude illness aren’t critical. If you sense cold or sense very uncomfortable, you should go to the closest hospital available in the place.

In addition to the everyday medications for visiting it’s far really useful to carry high altitude remedy. Seek suggestions from your doctor.

Tell your excursion manual quickly if you do not sense properly and follow the manual’s advice. Three. What must I do if I actually have excessive altitude sickness after arriving in Tibet?

There are hospitals in lots of large towns in Tibet. You may additionally adapt to moderate high altitude illness by using yourself slowly and you can go to clinic if it is severe. After you’ve got already had excessive altitude illness, you have to relaxation well, do now not flow an excessive amount of, maintain consuming, drink a few water with black sugar or take a few remedy. If the high altitude sickness is pretty severe, you must visit medical institution, or descend to a few lower locations, or depart Lhasa immediately. High altitude sickness shall disappear when you descend to positive altitude and it has no sequel symptoms.

4. Is high altitude sickness extra extreme if going to Tibet via plane than by way of train?

Exactly, however each manner have their advantages and downsides. You are much more likely to have high altitude sickness because you do not have sufficient time to conform to the plateau environment step by step if you cross by way of plane. The altitude change is directly from numerous hundreds meters to more than 3000 meters. While, if you visit Tibet by train, you can adapt your body to the high plateau surroundings slowly and progressively. Then, you can relieve or avoid high altitude sickness.

Five. People with what sort of sicknesses can not go to Tibet? Do I need bodily exercise before traveling to Tibet?

People with the following sicknesses can’t tour to Tibet:

People with all styles of organic coronary heart illnesses, severe arrhythmia or resting heart charge over a 100per minute, high blood stress II or above, all kinds of blood sicknesses and cranial vascular diseases.

People with persistent respiration machine illnesses, medium degree of obstructive pulmonary sicknesses or above, inclusive of bronchus growth, emphysema and so forth.

People with diabetes mellitus which is not managed nicely, hysteria, Epilepsia, and schizophrenia.

People with terrible bloodless, upper respiratory tract infections, and body temperature above 38F or beneath 38F while the complete body and the respiration gadget have apparent signs and symptoms, aren’t recommended to journey to Tibet until they may be OK.

People who have been identified to have high altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude cerebral edema, excessive altitude high blood pressure with an apparent increase of blood pressure, excessive altitude coronary heart illnesses and excessive altitude polycythemia.

High-risk pregnant girls. If you aren’t sure about your frame circumstance, you may have a physical examination. But you are not supposed to do more exercising before going to Tibet, for exercising will supply greater burdens for your heart and you will want extra oxygen, which may easily cause excessive altitude sickness.

6. Why cannot human beings with cold go to Tibet? What have to I do if I seize a chilly in Tibet?

Your immune machine will be susceptible if you catch a cold and you could suffer excessive altitude sickness effortlessly because of it. Besides, the intense cold may additionally without problems flip to a few extra severe high altitude diseases, in particular, pulmonary edema, which is very dangerous. So you aren’t purported to journey to Tibet earlier than you eliminate a chilly.

While, if you catch a cold in Tibet, things may not be so serious, due to the fact your frame has already, to a degree, adapt to the plateau environment and you could visit a physician and take some medicinal drug

Permits & certificate

1. Are there any limitations or restrictions imposed on foreigners to travel to Tibet? How about foreign places Chinese, Taiwan Compatriots and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots? How to handle it and the way lengthy does it take?

There are a few unique necessities for foreign travelers to Tibet. Firstly, overseas vacationers to Tibet need to be prepared through tour businesses, with showed routes. Secondly, a Tibet Travel Permit issued by means of the Tibet Tourism Bureau is necessary. The Tibet Travel Permit must be received earlier than they head to Tibet. What’s greater, foreigners aren’t allowed to travel by myself in Tibet through their very own, inspite of the travel allow. They have to be accompanied by an authorized excursion manual. Tibet travel permit is likewise required from remote places Chinese and Taiwan Compatriots, at the same time as Hong Kong and Macao compatriots can travel to Tibet like other Chinese citizen with valid Home Return Permit. Foreigners, remote places Chinese and Taiwan compatriots can apply for Tibet journey permit from Tibet tourism bureau or certain qualified tour companies with valid passport (copies), visa (copies) and process certificates. Usually, it is able to be acquired in a single week and a couple of to 3 days if you are in pressing need.

2. What is Tibet Entry Permit? How to get a Tibet Entry Permit and what documents are required to get it?

Tibet Entry Permit, also known as Tibet Tourism Bureau (TTB) Permit or Tibet Visa, is the fundamental report for foreign visitors to go into into Tibet. No foreign visitor can go to Tibet with out maintaining the Tibet Entry Permit in their hands. Foreign travelers are required to expose both their Chinese Visa and Tibet Entry Permit once they trade for the boarding passes of flying to Tibet or board trains to Tibet.

Tibet Entry Permit is officially issued with the aid of Tibet Tourism Bureau, in a cause of restricting the numbers of foreign site visitors. With this allow, foreigner travelers can tour in Lhasa region which includes Lhasa city, Yamdrok Lake, Ganden, Tsurphu, Namtso, Drigung Til and Reting.

Tibet Entry Permit is not to be had for impartial tourists. Foreign guests ought to tour in the tour group and ask valid journey organization to use Tibet excursion for you.

Documents required:

You can get Tibet entry allow (TTB allow) via sending sure certified travel corporation the primary page of your valid passport and a replica of your Chinese visa by using fax or through electronic mail, and country actually your occupations (Foreign reporters and diplomats are not allowed to visit Tibet as a traveler). If you are Taiwan Compatriots, send us the copies of your MTP-Mainland Travel Permits or referred to as Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit/journey file (normally known as “Tai Bao Zheng”), and tell us your occupations.

If you’re the citizens of Hong Kong and Macau SAR, China Re-entry Permit for Hong Kong & Macau Compatriots is sufficient to tour in Tibet. You are not required to use for the Tibet Permit.

Pay interest: If you’re making plans to journey to places officially closed to foreigners in Tibet, an Alien’s Travel Permit is needed.

3. What is Alien’s Travel Permit?

Except for Tibet Entry Permit, an Alien’s Travel Permit is needed in case you are planning to journey to places formally closed to foreigners in Tibet, inclusive of Mt. Everest, Rongbuk Monastery, Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. Alien’s Travel Permit isn’t always wanted for locations in Lhasa location, cities of Shigatse and Tsetang, or nonstop tour on Friendship Highway.

Aliens’ Travel Permit is needed to visit ‘unopened’ areas. Which is issued by means of the police (Public Security Bureau, “PSB”). Usually you can observe for it once you arrive at Lhasa. For tour corporations, our manual will ask you for the passport and TTB permit and post it to the Foreign Affairs Section of PSB for the Travel Permit. It usually takes numerous hours and the value is 50 CNY/man or woman. If you’re an character traveller, you need to join local excursions to ‘unopen’ regions, and the local journey companies will set up the PSB for you as properly. Pay attention, there may be no travel employer can provide ‘PSB allow-best’ provider.

Notice: If you need to do a Tibet overland tour from Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai or Xinjiang province to Tibet, you must be given the PSB permit earlier than your tour begins.

4. Which components of Tibet are listed as the closed regions?

At present, you need to apply for a Travel Permit in case you are making plans to go to the following locations:Tsedang: Samye Monastery, Tomb of Tibetan King, Trundruk Monastery, YumbulakhangShigatse: Sakya Monastery, Mt. Everest, Rongbuk MonasteryGyangtse: Pelkor Chode Monastery & Kubum StupaNgari Region: Mt. Kailash, Lake Manasarovar, Tsaparang, Years, and so forth. Nyingchi Region: Basum-tso, Pomi, Rawo-tso, etc.Chamdo Region: Chamdo, Riwoche, Tengchen, and so forth.

5. Are there another certificate and allows may be required in Tibet?

Except for Tibet Entry Permit, Alien’s Travel Permit, there are Military Permit, Foreign-affairs allow and other lets in which can be required while touring in Tibet.

Sensitive border are as inclusive of Mt Kailash and eastern Tibet also require a army allow and a foreign-affairs permit. For Tholing and Tsaparang in western Tibet you may also need a allow from the neighborhood Cultural Antiquities Department. All these can be organized with the aid of our tour organization one month earlier than you input Tibet. The Military Permit is issued by using troop at the same time as the Foreign-affairs allow is issued by Foreign affairs office in Lhasa. It usually takes 10-15 running days to get them all.

6. How to address the visa from Tibet to Nepal? Can I practice for Nepal visa in Lhasa? Is it fast? Shall I be denied?

Nepal has two embassies in China: one is in Beijing and the opposite is in Lhasa. It is less complicated and more handy to address the Nepal visa in Lhasa so long as you comply with the certain tactics. And there are seldom any instances of denial. But the visa officers don’t work at ordinary time, so that you are endorsed to live numerous greater days in Lhasa to apply for Nepal visa and it is greater secured if you handle the visa first after you arrive in Lhasa. The wellknown consulate of Nepal is in Lhasa, near the Norbulinka Park. Normally you can get the visa in the afternoon of the following operating day if you put up the utility and important documents on the morning of the primary day. The time to post document is from 10am to 12am, Monday to Friday. So, you need plan a couple of days in Lhasa to attend the visa. The time to get visa is typically at 4pm, after you get the visa, you may fly to Kathmandu or set out to Zhangmu border by means of motors or by way of bus.

To observe for Nepal visa in Lhasa, you want to prepare the original passport, 2 passport length copies, and entire a shape. Your passport ought to be legitimate at least for the subsequent 6 months. There are 3 forms of visas in line with duration you intend to live in Neal, the 15 days, 30 days and the three months. If you’re going to live more than 15 days in Nepal, it’s far better to get the visa in Lhasa, as the border office issued 15 days visa most effective and it is enormously high priced to increase the visa in Kathmandu or Gorkha.

You can also get Nepal visa at the border. Not some distance faraway from the Friendship Bridge, you may get the arrival visa of 15 days live on the border workplace with 25 USD. You want to prepare a passport length image and entire a shape as properly.

What to Pack:

1. What pills to take whilst touring to Tibet?

In the primary few days after arrival in Tibet, you can enjoy a few diploma of altitude response. Colds, insomnia and digestive disorders are not unusual. Take an good enough supply of any prescription medicine you use regularly, inclusive of medicine for cold, headache, stomachache, and insect chunk, diarrhea and so forth, like the Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Antibiotics, throat lozenges, nasal decongestant and vitamins and many others. Most over the counter drug treatments, which includes aspirin and anti-diarrheal pills, are available in Lhasa, however are more difficult to obtain out of doors of urban areas. It is recommended to take anti-altitude illness tablets to cope with oxygen deficiency. Bring diamox tablets which might be believed to be able to prevent the altitude illness effectively. Please seek advice from your medical doctor previous to your travel to Tibet.

2. What meals to take when visiting to Tibet?You may additionally take some chocolate, dried beef, hot pickled mustard tuber, biscuit and other meals and snacks you like. You’d better take meals with excessive calorie. You may take some gum with you, which can also help relieve the symptom of syrigmus and headache. When journeying to remote areas of Tibet it is a great concept to p.C. A few meals, snacks, and consuming water. It isn’t continually clean to discover food or drinkable water in those regions. Water purification system, inclusive of hand pump filters, isn’t always vital, as bottled mineral water and thermoses of boiled water are to be had anywhere during Tibet. Water purification drugs may be beneficial all through trekking. It is a superb idea to take a great exceptional multivitamin to supplement your eating regimen considering the fact that a supply of vegetables and fruits won’t be any trouble to be had.

3. The essential commodities you should take while journeying to Tibet Necessities: sun shades, hat, solar cream, pores and skin cream, lipstick, long sleeve clothes, sweaters, Passport, visa, cash, credit score card, digital camera, film, batteries, toiletries, cosmetics, knife, watch, day bag-percent, huge travel luggage (smooth baggage), water bottle, journal, reading e-book, writing materials, binoculars, family snap shots and snack ingredients.

Four. What type of clothes and shoes ought to be taken while traveling to Tibet?

Clothes

The temperatures alternate greatly at the altiplano. In the north a part of Tibet, people put on thick coats all yr spherical (together with July and August which can be the most up to date months in a maximum of the regions in China). The maximum temperature is four-5 levels centigrade in northern Tibet. It additionally snows in July and August.

The temperature difference in a unmarried day is big. In Lhasa, the temperature in July arrives at 30 ranges centigrade at daylight hours, however falls to ten degrees centigrade at night. Sometimes it’s going to snow or sleet at night time, so that you’d better take some down clothes (those with hats will better), woolen sweaters, warm gloves, heat and wind-evidence footwear and socks. Wearing several layers of apparel that can be easily introduced or removed is the sensible choice considering temperatures may additionally vary greatly within a single day.

Most accommodations in Tibet haven’t any principal heating. The air-conditioners in unmarried rooms do now not paintings nicely inside the cold night. In winter, from November to subsequent March, of direction you want bring down jackets, heat sweaters, gloves, warm pants, woolen hats. It may be very cold in the morning and night. In summer, sporting a T-shirt in day time however the Jacket is necessary at resort in the morning and nighttime.

During the peak tourism season, April, May, September and October, you need to put together T-shirts, overcoats, and denim, warm sweaters. Besides, common rainfall on this season makes waterproof clothing and raingear absolute requirements.

Even in a summer season, a down coat is vital for people who are touring past Lhasa and Shigatse into extra remote areas inclusive of the Everest Camp. A windbreaker plus a sweater will paintings nicely for walking round Lhasa in the summer season.

�� Other necessities to p.C. Include four or 5 pairs of cotton or woolen underwear, four or five pairs of woolen socks, lengthy sleeve cotton or lightweight wool shirts and T-shirts. Women should keep away from skirts or clothes.

Also, each time you visit Tibet, in case your plan includes overnight at Everest Base Camp or Namtso Lake, or several days out of doors trek in mountain location, to hold heat is very critical. The iciness garments are an ought to. However, you do no longer need to worry an excessive amount of about clothing, you may purchase any type of clothes you need in Lhasa and garments is quite cheap.

Shoes

It may be very essential to have a strong cozy pair of trainers, especially your tour covers far flung place and you have to stroll for an extended distance. For example, in case your travel reaches Everest Base Camp, you want to cover 8 km from Rongbuk Monastery to EBC and again. Lightweight boots are nice, however, Tibet can be wet and we can do substantial strolling, so make sure your footwear healthy nicely and are suitable for bloodless and puddles. You have to actually have a pair of comfy and difficult sandals.

Five. What certificates and files have to I take with me when I tour to Tibet?

Of path you ought to take your passport, China visa and Tibet journey allow you. Or you won’t be allowed any longer even to get on the plane or the train.

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The climate of Tibet:

1. How’s the climate in Tibet? Is it hot in summer? Is it very cold in winter?

Tibet is a high plateau, and it belongs to typical downy special climate. Climates are quite different in different areas of Tibet. The eastern Tibet which is at a lower elevation is warmer than western Tibet. In some mountain areas, there are four seasons at the same time in different altitude. The weather in a day varies greatly, too. The night is cold while the day is warm. It spans 12-15 degrees centigrade in a single day.

The climate in southeastern Tibet including Nyingchi and Chamdo is balmy with an average temperature of eight degrees centigrade; while in western Tibet (Shigatse and Nagqu) is quite cold with an average temperature below zero degrees.

However, in the central area of Tibet, the climate of Lhasa and Tsedang is more favorable for traveling. Travelers can visit these two areas all year around, not too hot in summer and not too cold in winter.

2. How is the road condition in the rainy season in Tibet? Need I take any rainproof with me?

The rainy season in Tibet is mainly from June to August and it does have a very bad impact on the roads. However, there are many track maintenance workers and the local army would also give help to restore the roads. Generally speaking, it only takes a few hours to make the roads feasible again. As for the rainproof, you are suggested to take the raincoat, rain-proof trousers and shoes if you want to trek, climb the mountain or ride a bike. If you have group tours organized by some travel agencies, usually you don’t need to take rainproof with you, because Tibet often rains at night and the weather is quite good in the daytime. Besides, the tourist bus is always along with you.

3. What is the best time to travel to Tibet?

Generally speaking, early April is the beginning of travel season, which lasts to mid-June when a large number of Chinese travelers rush to Tibet for the summer holiday. Late June to the end of National Holiday is the peak travel season when some important festivals held in Tibet, like Shoton Festival, Gyantse Dawa Festival and Nagqu horse riding Festival. After mid-October, Tibet turns to winter and as the visitors reduce greatly, more than half of hotels are closed for the poor reservation.

As for the best time to travel, it depends on your travel requirement.

1. If you want an extremely cheap price, go to Tibet in winter, from December to next March. All the things are quite cheap; even the tourist sites offer 30-50% discount on entrance fee. Hotels are cheap, too. You can enjoy 5-star hotels with less than 100USD including breakfast. Compared with traveling in August, the cost of a winter tour is only 50%-60% of a summer tour. Because of the poor amount of visitors, the Potala Palace allows you to spend even a whole day in it. Besides, the monks are not busy and have spare time to chat with you.

2. If you like trekking, do it in May or September when the monsoon will never bother you and the weather is balmy and pleasant.

3. If you love Mt.Everest and want to see the clear face of it, try to avoid the rainfall season and foggy weather.

4. If you love to visit the grassland in north Tibet, do the tour in July when the flowers bloom in vast grassland and groups of yak and sheep, Tibetan nomad tents spread all over the grassland.

5. Those who want to drive to Tibet through Sichuan-Tibet highway should avoid the rainy season. There will be mudslides, cave-ins, and mire on certain sections of the road, blocking the passage of vehicles.

About high altitude sickness

1. What is high altitude sickness? What’s the symptom of high altitude sickness?

High altitude sickness may occur at high altitudes (over 2700m) due to the decreasing availability of oxygen. It usually occurs following a rapid ascent and can usually be prevented by ascending slowly. Symptoms often manifest themselves six to ten hours after ascent and generally subside in one to two days, but they occasionally develop into the more serious conditions. Common symptoms of high altitude sickness include shortness of breath, headache, fatigue, stomach illness, dizziness, and sleep disturbance.

2. How to avoid or relieve high altitude sickness?

Keep a good mood, don’t be too excited or be too worried about high altitude sickness. Before visiting Tibet, get as healthy as possible, both physically and psychologically.Take care of yourself and avoid catching a cold before going to Tibet, and not to take shower at the first two days after you are in Lhasa to avoid being cold, or you will easily suffer from altitude sickness under weak physical condition.Do not drink any alcohol on the first two days when you are in Tibet. Drink plenty of water and eat light, high-carbohydrate meals for more energy.Do not run, jump or do some taxing jobs at the first two days. Being peaceful and having a good rest are important.Once you have the symptoms of altitude sickness, take some medicine (it is said that it’s helpful to have some butter tea if you can adapt to the flavor of it) and don’t go higher. Medication and oxygen also help to prevent altitude sickness. Mild altitude sickness symptoms can be treated with proper medication. If medication and oxygen do not relieve the symptoms, go to a hospital or evacuate immediately to a safe altitude!Oxygen can help you relieve the symptoms of altitude sickness, but do not use it too often in Lhasa while your symptoms of altitude sickness are not serious. If you feel chilly or feel very uncomfortable, you should go to the nearest hospital available in the area.In addition to the normal medications for traveling it is advisable to bring high altitude medication. Seek suggestions from your doctor.Tell your tour guide quickly if you don’t feel well and follow the guide’s advice.

3. What should I do if I have high altitude sickness after arriving in Tibet?

There are hospitals in many large cities in Tibet. You may adapt to mild high altitude sickness by yourself slowly and you may go to hospital if it is serious. After you have already had high altitude sickness, you should rest well, do not move too much, keep eating, drink some water with black sugar or take some medicine. If the high altitude sickness is pretty severe, you should go to hospital, or descend to some lower places, or leave Lhasa immediately. High altitude sickness shall disappear after you descend to certain altitude and it has no sequel symptoms.

4. Is high altitude sickness more serious if going to Tibet by plane than by train?

Exactly, but both means have their advantages and disadvantages. You are more likely to have high altitude sickness because you don’t have enough time to adapt to the plateau environment gradually if you go by plane. The altitude change is directly from several hundred meters to more than 3000 meters. While, if you go to Tibet by train, you can adapt your body to the high plateau environment slowly and gradually. Then, you may relieve or avoid high altitude sickness.

5. People with what kind of diseases can not go to Tibet? Do I need physical practice before traveling to Tibet?

People with the following diseases can not travel to Tibet:

People with all kinds of organic heart diseases, severe arrhythmia or resting heart rate over the 100per minute, high blood pressure II or above, all kinds of blood diseases and cranial vascular diseases.

People with chronic respiratory system diseases, medium degree of obstructive pulmonary diseases or above, such as bronchus expansion, emphysema and so on.

People with diabetes mellitus which is not controlled properly, hysteria, epilepsy and schizophrenia.

People with bad cold, upper respiratory tract infections, and body temperature above 38F or below 38F while the whole body and the respiratory system have obvious symptoms, are not recommended to travel to Tibet until they’re OK.

People who were diagnosed to have high altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude cerebral edema, high-altitude hypertension with obvious increase of blood pressure, high altitude heart diseases and high altitude polycythemia.

High-risk pregnant women.

If you are not sure about your body condition, you may have a physical examination. But you are not supposed to do more exercise before going to Tibet, for exercising will give more burdens to your heart and you’ll need more oxygen, which may easily cause high altitude sickness.

6. Why can not people with cold go to Tibet? What should I do if I catch a cold in Tibet?

Your immune system shall be weak if you catch a cold and you may suffer high altitude sickness easily because of it. Besides, a severe cold may easily turn to some more serious high altitude diseases, especially pulmonary edema, which is very dangerous. So you are not supposed to travel to Tibet before you get rid of a cold.

While, if you catch a cold in Tibet, things might not be so serious, because your body has already, to some extent, adapt to the plateau environment and you can go to a doctor and take some medicine

Permits & certificates

1. Are there any limitations or restrictions imposed on foreigners to travel to Tibet? How about overseas Chinese, Taiwan Compatriots and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots? How to handle it and how long does it take?

There are some special requirements for foreign travelers to Tibet. Firstly, foreign tourists to Tibet must be organized by travel agencies, with confirmed routes. Secondly, a Tibet Travel Permit issued by the Tibet Tourism Bureau is indispensable. The Tibet Travel Permit must be obtained before they head to Tibet. What’s more, foreigners are not allowed to travel alone in Tibet by their own, even with the travel permit. They must be accompanied by a licensed tour guide. Tibet travel permit is also required from overseas Chinese and Taiwan Compatriots, while Hong Kong and Macao compatriots can travel to Tibet like other Chinese citizen with valid Home Return Permit. Foreigners, overseas Chinese and Taiwan compatriots can apply for Tibet travel permit from Tibet tourism bureau or certain qualified travel agencies with valid passport (copies), visa (copies) and job certificate. Usually, it can be obtained in one week and 2 to 3 days if you are in urgent need.

2. What is Tibet Entry Permit? How to get a Tibet Entry Permit and what documents are required to get it?

Tibet Entry Permit, also known as Tibet Tourism Bureau (TTB) Permit or Tibet Visa, is the basic document for foreign travelers to enter into Tibet. No foreign visitor can visit Tibet without holding the Tibet Entry Permit in their hands. Foreign tourists are required to show both their Chinese Visa and Tibet Entry Permit when they change for the boarding passes of flying to Tibet or board trains to Tibet.

Tibet Entry Permit is officially issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau, in a purpose of restricting the numbers of foreign visitors. With this permit, foreigner tourists can travel in Lhasa region including Lhasa city, Yamdrok Lake, Ganden, Tsurphu, Namtso, Drigung Til, and Rating.

Tibet Entry Permit is not available for independent travelers. Foreign travelers have to travel in the tour group and ask the legitimate travel agency to apply Tibet tour for you.

Documents required:

You can get Tibet entry permit (TTB permit) by sending certain qualified travel agency the first page of your valid passport and a copy of your Chinese visa by fax or by email, and state clearly your occupations (Foreign journalists and diplomats are not allowed to go to Tibet as a tourist). If you are Taiwan Compatriots, send us the copies of your MTP-Mainland Travel Permits or called Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit/travel document (commonly known as “Tai Bao Zheng”), and tell us your occupations.

If you are the citizens of Hong Kong and Macau SAR, China Re-entry Permit for Hong Kong & Macau Compatriots is enough to travel in Tibet. You are not required to apply for the Tibet Permit.

Pay attention: If you are planning to travel to places officially closed to foreigners in Tibet, an Alien’s Travel Permit is required.

3. What is Alien’s Travel Permit?

Except for Tibet Entry Permit, an Alien’s Travel Permit is required if you are planning to travel to places officially closed to foreigners in Tibet, such as Mt. Everest, Rongbuk Monastery, Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. Alien’s Travel Permit is not needed for places in Lhasa region, towns of Shigatse and Tsetang, or nonstop travel on Friendship Highway.

Aliens’ Travel Permit is required to visit ‘unopened’ areas. Which is issued by the police (Public Security Bureau, “PSB”)? Usually, you can apply for it once you arrive at Lhasa. For tour groups, our guide will ask you for the passport and TTB permit and submit it to the Foreign Affairs Section of PSB for the Travel Permit. It normally takes several hours and the cost is 50 CNY/person. If you are an individual traveler, you need to join local tours to ‘unopen’ areas, and the local travel agencies will arrange the PSB for you as well. Pay attention, there is no travel agency can provide ‘PSB permit-only’ service.

Notice: If you want to do a Tibet overland tour from Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai or Xinjiang province to Tibet, you must get the PSB permit before your tour starts.

4. Which parts of Tibet are listed as the closed areas?

At present, you have to apply for a Travel Permit if you are planning to visit the following places: areTsedang: Samye Monastery, Tomb of Tibetan King, Trundruk Monastery, YumbulakhangShigatse: Sakya Monastery, Mt. Everest, Rongbuk MonasteryGyangtse: Pelkor Chode Monastery & Kubum StupaNgari Region: Mt. Kailash, Lake Manasarovar, Tsaparang, Years, etc. Nyingchi Region: Based-to, Pomi, Raw-to, etc.Chamdo Region: Chamdo, Riwoche, Tengchen, etc.5. Are there any other certificates and permits may be required in Tibet?

Except Tibet Entry Permit, Alien’s Travel Permit, there are Military Permit, Foreign-affairs permit and other permits which may be required when traveling in Tibet.

Sensitive bordisas such as Mt Kailash and eastern Tibet also require a military permit and a foreign-affairs permit. For Tholing and Tsaparang in western Tibet you will also need a permit from the local Cultural Antiquities Department. All these will be arranged by our travel agency one month before you enter Tibet. The Military Permit is issued by troop while the Foreign-affair’s permit is issued by Foreign affairs office in Lhasa. It normally takes 10-15 working days to get them all.

6. How to deal with the visa from Tibet to Nepal? Can I apply for Nepal visa in Lhasa? Is it fast? Shall I be denied?

Nepal has two embassies in China: one is in Beijing and the other is in Lhasa. It is easier and more convenient to handle the Nepal visa in Lhasa as long as you conform to the certain procedures. And there are seldom any cases of denial. But the visa officers don’t work at regular time, so you are recommended to stay several more days in Lhasa to apply for Nepal visa and it is more secured if you handle the visa first after you arrive in Lhasa. The general consulate of Nepal is in Lhasa, near the Norbulinka Park. Normally you can get the visa in the afternoon of the next working day if you submit the application and necessary documents in the morning of the first day. The time to submit document is from 10am to 12am, Monday to Friday. So, you need plan a couple of days in Lhasa to wait the visa. The time to get visa is usually at 4pm, once you get the visa, you can fly to Kathmandu or set out to Zhangmu border by cars or by bus.

To apply for Nepal visa in Lhasa, you need prepare the original passport, 2 passport size copies and complete a form. Your passport must be valid at least for the next 6 months. There are three kinds of visas according to period you plan to stay in Neal, the 15 days, 30 days and the 3 months. If you are going to stay more than 15 days in Nepal, it is better to get the visa in Lhasa, as the border office issued 15 days visa only and it is relatively expensive to extend the visa in Kathmandu or Gorkaha.

You can also get Nepal visa at the border. Not far away from the Friendship Bridge, you can get the arrival visa of 15 days stay at the border office with 25 USD. You need prepare a passport size photo and complete a form as well.

What to Pack:

1. What drugs to take when traveling to Tibet?

In the first few days after arrival in Tibet, you may experience some degree of altitude reaction. Colds, insomnia and digestive disorders are common. Take an adequate supply of any prescription medication you use regularly, including medicine for cold, headache, stomachache, and insect bite, diarrhea and so on, like the Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Antibiotics, throat lozenges, nasal decongestant and vitamins etc. Most over-the-counter medicines, such as aspirin and anti-diarrheal pills, are available in Lhasa, but are more difficult to obtain outside of urban areas. It is advisable to take anti-altitude sickness drugs to cope with oxygen deficiency. Bring diamox pills which are believed to be able to prevent the altitude sickness effectively. Please consult your doctor prior to your travel to Tibet.

2. What food to take when travelling to Tibet?

You may take some chocolate, dried beef, hot pickled mustard tuber, biscuit and other food and snacks you like. You’d better take food with high calorie. You may also take some gum with you, which may help relieve the symptom of syrigmus and headache. When traveling to remote areas of Tibet it is a good idea to pack some food, snacks, and drinking water. It is not always easy to find food or drinkable water in these areas. Water purification equipment, such as hand pump filters, is not necessary, as bottled mineral water and thermoses of boiled water are available everywhere throughout Tibet. Water purification tablets can be useful during trekking. It is a good idea to take a good quality multivitamin to supplement your diet since a supply of vegetables and fruits may not be readily available.

3. The necessary commodities you should take when traveling to Tibet Necessities: sunglasses, hat, sun cream, skin cream, lipstick, long sleeve clothes, sweaters, Passport, visa, money, credit card, camera, film, batteries, toiletries, cosmetics, knife, watch, day bag-pack, big travel bags (soft luggage), water bottle, journal, reading book, writing materials, binoculars, family pictures and snack foods.

4. What kind of clothes and shoes should be taken when traveling to Tibet?

Clothes

The temperatures change greatly on the altiplano. In the north part of Tibet, people wear thick coats all year round (including July and August which are the hottest months in most of the areas in China). The highest temperature is 4-5 degrees centigrade in northern Tibet. It also snows in July and August.

The temperature difference in a single day is big. In Lhasa, the temperature in July arrives at 30 degrees centigrade at daytime, but falls to 10 degrees centigrade at night. Sometimes it will snow or sleet at night, so you’d better take some down garments (those with hats will better), woolen sweaters, warm gloves, warm and wind-proof shoes and socks. Wearing several layers of clothing that can be easily added or removed is the wise choice since temperatures may vary greatly within a single day.

Most hotels in Tibet have no central heating. The air-conditioners in single rooms do not work well in the cold night. In winter, from November to next March, of course you need bring down jackets, warm sweaters, gloves, warm pants, woolen hats. It is very cold in the morning and evening. In summer, wearing a T-shirt in day time but the Jacket is necessary at hotel in the morning and evening.

During the peak tourism season, April, May, September and October, you need to prepare T-shirts, overcoats and jeans, warm sweaters. Besides, frequent rainfall in this season makes waterproof clothing and raingear absolute necessities.

Even in summer, a down coat is necessary for those who are traveling beyond Lhasa and Shigatse into more remote areas such as the Everest Camp. A windbreaker plus a sweater will work nicely for strolling around Lhasa in summer.

Other essentials to pack include four or five pairs of cotton or woolen underwear, four or five pairs of woolen socks, long sleeve cotton or lightweight wool shirts and T-shirts. Women should avoid skirts or dresses.

Also, whenever you visit Tibet, if your plan includes overnight at Everest Base Camp or Namtso Lake, or a several days outdoor trek in mountain area, to keep warm is very important. The winter clothes are a must. However, you do not need to worry too much about clothing, you can buy any kind of clothes you need in Lhasa and clothes is quite cheap.

Shoes

It is very important to have a strong comfortable pair of boots, especially your travel covers remote area and you have to walk for a long distance. For example, if your travel reaches Everest Base Camp, you need to cover 8 km from Rongpuk Monastery to EBC and back. Lightweight boots are fine, but Tibet can be wet and we will do extensive walking, so make sure your shoes fit well and are suitable for cold and puddles. You should also have a pair of comfortable and tough sandals.

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