Great private tour
I booked a private tour for me and my mother to see Lhasa, Yamdrok Lake, Karola Glacier, Gyantse, Shigatse. While expensive, the private tour option wasnt much more expensive than a group tour, and gave us freedom to design our own itinerary and pick out specific spots to see, and allowed me to choose my own hotels. My guide Dickey went out of her way to get us special photo permissions in monasteries by asking monks directly. She was also able to secure a blessed piece of cloth at Jokhang Temple for me even though the monk technically was already done giving out blessings, but made an exception for her. We made our driver Pandey shuttle us all around the region, but he always smiled and never once seemed annoyed. Overall i was impressed with the trip.