Friendship highway Kathmandu to Lhasa; The 830-kilometer route linking Lhasa with the Nepal border at the Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge remains Tibet’s most popular overland route. The Friendship Highway follows the western portion of Chinese National Highway 318. At the Nepal…

The Friendship Highway

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