Mandala Hotel

Hi All,

  Randal is sound asleep.  We actually did a bike tour along the river today.  Our guide Lobsang met us in the hotel lobby at 9 am and we walked about 15 minutes to a bike rental shop.  There we quickly picked a bike, had the seats adjusted and took off through the semi-predictable Lhasa traffic.  My bike gears didn’t work and the seat was really too low, but I really enjoyed the ride; at least for the first hour and 20 minutes.  Then I got tired and when we turned as if to climb a hill and keep going into the countryside, I told Randal I was about ready to stop.  So was he; but he wouldn’t have said anything.  Our guide Lopsang turned us around and we rode back to town, returned the bikes and Randal and I went to lunch while Lobsang went off to do his own thing.  We had almost 2 hours for lunch so decided to eat and then return to the hotel to rest before our afternoon outing to the Tibet Museum.  That’s where we’re

going in about 20 minutes.

  Anyone with hotmail didn’t receive the email about our train trip.  Apparently the file sent as an attachment was too large so they were undeliverable.  Sorry, but that’s my only option with this little netbook computer.  www.mydoramac.com will post the email and the photos. 

  Off to the museum.

Ru

DoraMac

ps neither Randal and I have been sleeping well for lots of reasons, altitude and very dry air.  We were both amazed how much we enjoyed the bike ride this morning!