Tibet Ali: the most tinpot luxury hotel in the world

This is a small site in the foot of the Kailash Mountain in Tibet Ali, only a few low keekwilee-houses, but there is the sign what is above the roof painted with the computer, impressively write: the Chengdu Luxury Hotel!

   The area of Tibet Ali located in the west of Tibet, and there is about 1655 km apart go to Lhasa. Only those tourists with a long holiday would pay a visit to this place when they travel to Tibet. It covers an area of more than 30 square kilometers, it account for a quarter of the total area of the Tibet autonomous region. It is the place where the Himalayas, the Mount Kailash, the Karakoram mountains gather together, known as the "the roof of the world’s roof ". The average elevation is above 4500 meters, it is the most high of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. The windy weather in this area is over 180 days for a year, it is the place where has the worst living conditions and the most frequent natural disaster in the Tibet autonomous region.
     The cooking, the shop and the hostel, maybe it is the world's most tinpot "luxury hotel" where can offer everything. But you don't think it is a joke, there is no market (the daily necessities, vegetables, meat what is carried from hundreds, even thousands of kilometers of local shipment), a sparsely inhabitants, what is this "luxury hotel" brings to you the "enjoy", for the driver and passenger who have a long distance road, indeed, it is the level of luxury hotel.

In this "luxury hotel", you can eat stir fry and hot food: although it is the sear and yellow vegetables; the occasional bad meat; you can have a hot water for drink, use the hot water to wash face: although you cannot take a bath; you can sleep in bed: although it is a very simple bed and dirty quilt. Yeah, you can drink beverages, although probably it has passed the guarantee period.

When you see the name of the hotel, you will know it is managed by the people who are from Sichuan. Maybe they are just as you, also from Chengdu to Lhasa. Yeah, in any a hard conditions of the place in Tibet, you can see the figure of Sichuan person. So I deeply feel: if you can stand to eat the Sichuan cuisine, it is not afraid to Tibet to eat; if you can say Sichuan dialect, you can have no worry about communicating in the Tibet. In Tibet, the Sichuan dialect is almost in common use with mandarin.

    The auspicious "JinManTang hotel", is located aside in the Lake Manasarovar where is called Huo Er. It has the highest level hotel in Huo Er hall; it is also managed by a pair of Sichuan couples; it is a rest place for the driver. In order to enjoy the lake, I have ever lived here for a few days. The day when I took the lake, wife of shop-owner cooked ten several eggs for me, then I set out in the early morning with the cool wind...