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The new blocks have good quality carpeted rooms, clean bathrooms and hot water. Rooms
in the older block above the road, with toilets down the hall (no showers), are dim and
scruffy. The attached restaurant (dishes ¥20 to ¥50) is a good place to kick back with your
guide over a thermos of sweet tea. The hotel is in the middle of town at the crossroads to
Shegar.
Qomolangma Hotel Tingri
HOTEL
(, Dìngrì Zhūfēng Bīnguǎn 826 2775; Baber; standard/superior d ¥300/350)
Driving into this huge compound feels like entering a Peoples Liberation Army barracks
circa 1956, with regimented Chinese tour groups taking the place of soldiers. Rooms are
modern and clean (though not better than the Kangjong), especially the newer and fresher
superior rooms. It's on the south side of the river on the way to Shegar. You can suck on
the inhouse oxygen tank for ¥70 per hour.
Dìngrì Yíng Bīnguăn
HOTEL
( 182 8909 3999; Zhufeng Nanlu, Shegar; r ¥380)
Brand new, modern option, which opened in 2014, with clean, carpeted and spacious
rooms with en-suite bathrooms.
Shànghǎi Dàjiŭdiàn
HOTEL
( 826 2858; Xuebao Lu, Shegar; d/tr ¥300/390)
A modern Chinese tour group hotel with en-suite bathrooms and hot showers.
Getting There & Away
Baber is around 80km from Lhatse and 60km from Tingri.
Everest Region
For foreign travellers, Everest Base Camp has become one of the most popular destina-
tions in Tibet, offering the chance to gaze on the magnificent north face of the world's
tallest peak,
Mt Everest
(, Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng; 8848m). The Tibetan approach provides
