More hours and minutes in the 4Runner, winding through the Himalayas, laden with the uncomfortable knowledge that when we get to Gyantse there could be another tour guide waiting for us. And there aren’t any more seats in the car, so someone is going to have to go back to Lhasa.
But before we reached that apex of awkwardness, we made our final tourist stop of the day at Pelkhor Chode Monastery.