Thorn Tree travel forum

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Visa? Go to your nearest chinese embassy and apply for one!!
Permit? Use the search function and look at previous posts....plenty of agencies in Beijing and Chengdu that will sell you are ticket (plane or train) and a permit. it is possible to get in without a permit...but read previous posts re: this issue.

Own sleeping bag is a good idea in Nov. EBC is fine but cold in November

Average Temperature & Rainfall in Tibet:
Remember that weather in Tibet varies dramatically due to local topography and altitude. Be prepared for extremes of weather at any time of year.

MONTHS Day Time TEMP Cº RAINFALL (mm)
JANUARY - 9 to -13 0.2
FEBRUARY - 10 to -12 0.5
MARCH -5 to +13 2
APRIL +1 to +16 5
MAY +5 to +20 25
JUNE +9 to +25 77
JULY +10 to +26 129
AUGUST +9 to +27 138
SEPTEMBER +8 to +21 56
OCTOBER +1 to +17 8
NOVEMBER -7 to +12 2
DECEMBER -13 to + 8 0.5

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To enter Tibet you need a valid visa for China and a Tibet Trabvel Permeit. The TTB is usually purchased along with your plane/bus/train ticket. Probably the most straight forward way is to fly in from Chengdu, your hotel will arrange ticket and permit, expect to pay something around the RMB2000 mark. I travelled around Tibet around the time you mentioned, it is pretty cold especially at altitude. I didn' t take a sleeping bag, guesthouses and monasteries have plenty of blankets.

WeiLong in Tibet

http://thewanderingant.com/travels/betel-nut.html