The government capital, the largest city, and the center for trade and commerce, it contained the most concentrated population of Han Chinese in Tibet. Two large military bases kept soldiers to squelch demonstrations which the Tibetans liked to have on their religious holidays. Nikolay and the tour group split up into two groups, each going to one base. The photo sessions with the passing of coins and cigarettes worked easily on soldiers who were on their way in to the military bases. The two groups then went to different shopping areas, where food was being sold, and transferred the virus from their wet hands to the food, passed wet money to pay for goods, and gave away cigarettes to many Chinese shop owners. A few of the bolder Russians offered some Chinese a drink from their portable water container and were able to get them to actually squirt the Ebola right into their mouths. Several mail carriers were seen and stopped for pictures, lured by a free cigarette, the idea being that a mail carrier might infect hundreds on his route for several days before he became too sick to work, not to mention infecting other mail carriers back at the post office where he would return at the end of the day.
