My First Trip to Tibet

On the three hours’ flight from Xi’an to Lhasa, we had a wonderful time, talking and laughing all the way. The great views of the mountains below, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, got us     1    (excite). I couldn’t help taking some pictures.

Our plane landed     2    (safe) at Lhasa Airport at 11: 30 am. The airport is located at the sea-level of over 3500 metres, making it one of the     3    (high) airports in the world. From there you can fly to many big cities both home and abroad.

Leaving the airport, we took a bus to the city of Lhasa,     4     is 3600 meters above the sea level. Everybody felt a little bit uncomfortable, and some,     5    (include) me, even had     6     headache. What surprised us along the way was warm sunshine, blue sky and clear water. Mountains were everywhere, but no trees on them. The driver said if there were     7     (tree) on the mountains, the city of Lhasa would have more oxygen!

The tour guide     8     (arrange) for us to stay in a downtown hotel, mainly for two reasons – free internet access and domestic telephone. What’ s more, all the rooms were large     9     modern facilities and the famous Potala Palace was just within a stone’s throw. Lhasa was smaller than I had thought before. It took you about RMB 10     10    (take) a taxi in the downtown area.