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Lhasa · Route
The palace, the pilgrim lanes and the debating monks - the essential Lhasa pair of days.
Morning at the Potala Palace - the 09:00 entry and the hour-long climb through the chapels of the Dalai Lamas - then the kora around the hill and lunch on Deji Food Street; afternoon to Sera for the 15:00 debate and the evening lights of the Potala Square.
Morning taxi to Drepung - the largest monastery of Tibet, climbing the slope above the valley - then back to the old town for the Jokhang butter lamps and the full circle of the Barkhor kora.