When our tour was coming to an end our tour guide asked us what time our plane was back to Shanghai. When we told him we weren't flying back, we were going off on to Nepal, he was aloof. Apparently the 'travel agency' needs to arrange not only your trip into Tibet, but out of Tibet; and everything in between. This meant that if we were to go anywhere, except the toilet, we needed a permit, a tour guide, and a vehicle, 'to protect us'. So we were forced to fork out another 5700 RMb (700USD) for the trip to Nepal. We had no choice. The next day our 5'2 woman protector came to pick us up.
We went through at least 10 check points before arriving at our destination, so yea, no getting away from the bureaucracy.
The trip was to take 3 days with a side trip to the tallest mountain in the world, Everest.
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