Although I had already visited many Tibetan areas of Qinhai and Sichuan provinces, this trip into Tibet itself had a different feel to it. First off, foreigners must join a tour group in order to visit Tibet. Second, Tibet, itself seemed much more developed than the places we had just seen in Qinhai and Sichuan. For example, the hotels were much better and the roads were nicely paved and not pock marked with potholes. Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet, seemed clean and orderly and caters to touris...