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=DIARY ENTRY FOUR= My diary entry today covers 2 days as I spent most of my time travelling. We drive through the Pale Farmland (which belonged to the slave owner family of Pale) Shigatse is about 1 ½ hours (98km) drive from Gyantse. We can see the Golden tops of Tashilhunpo monastery shinning in the sun. We stop and visit and bask in the religious tranquillity. We then continue on to Shigatse, which is a great place to wander around. I visit an interesting market place and bazaar and purchase many interesting knick-knacks and souvenirs and get a wonderful picture of the local peoples life. We spend the night in Shigatse. After visiting the markets again we spend more than 6 hours driving on an awful road. We stop at Shegar, which is also known as New Tingri to refresh ourselves we spend the night in the Quomolangma Hotel In Shegar.