Tanggula Pass is made in the dark, and we arrive in Amdo at about 10 pm.
Water is provided in a stainless steel bucket.
The narrow beds have thin mattresses that could be omitted without a noticeable difference in the quality of one's slumber. The accommodations are wonderful and people collapse thankfully onto the rock-hard beds, exhausted by the 17 hour drive. At Amdo one can see a fragment of ophiolite associated with the late Jurassic Banggong Suture, which separates the Qiangtang and Lhasa terranes. The ophiolite outcrop is not terribly impressive. In addition, there are some small pillows with thin alteration rinds.