Hong Kong, China (2012)

Hong Kong, China (2012)

Hong Kong, designated a SAR, or Special Administrative Region of China, is home to one of the world’s greatest & most photogenic cityscapes. I was looking forward to getting reacquainted with the world-famous HK light show & so a few nights ago – on my...
Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 4)

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 4)

Friendship Highway Day 4An 800 km Scenic Route Traversing The Tibetan Plateau, a.k.a. The Roof of the World Day 4 || March 3, 2008 Location || Kathmandu, Nepal () Altitude || 1,337 metres (4,400 ft) Day 4 Hours Driving || 10 Day 4 Highs ||The Lalung La Pass & our...
Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 3)

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 3)

Recapping a 4-day trip on the Friendship Highway, the 800 km scenic route traversing the Himalayas connecting Lhasa, Tibet, to the border with Nepal.

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 2)

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 2)

Friendship Highway Day 2An 800 km Scenic Route Traversing The Tibetan Plateau, a.k.a. The Roof of the World Day 2 || March 1, 2008 Location || Shigatse, Tibet () Altitude || 3,892 metres (12,845 ft) Day 2 Hours Driving || 1 Day 2 Highs || The view from Gyantse Fort...
Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 1)

Friendship Highway, Tibet (Day 1)

Recapping a 4-day trip on the Friendship Highway, the 800 km scenic route traversing the Himalayas connecting Lhasa, Tibet, to the border with Nepal.

Lhasa, Tibet

Lhasa, Tibet

The Roof of the World. We’re seeing that slogan a lot since we got here to Lhasa, Tibet, off the Qinghai–Tibet Railway. That was Sunday evening. It’s now Tuesday morning and yesterday was our first full day of acclimatising and taking in the sights and...
Qinghai–Tibet Railway, Tibetan Plateau || Riding The Rails

Qinghai–Tibet Railway, Tibetan Plateau || Riding The Rails

We made it out of Xi’an as planned, made it onto the train for Lhasa, Tibet, as planned, and all without needing (yet) to produce the permits we acquired in Xi’an to enable us to undertake this trip legally. We left Xi’an yesterday, Saturday, morning...
Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

As soon as we arrived in Xi’an a few days ago off the overnight train from Beijing we were trying to organise our way out of the city. Maybe it’s because we’d spent more time than planned in Beijing. Or maybe it was because I hadn’t initially...
Beijing, China (2008)

Beijing, China (2008)

Some days ago now, Valentine’s Day actually, I started what I know is going to be a pretty swell trip. That’s when I met Pat, my bestie, in the Capital International Airport here in Beijing, China. I arrived in the city the day earlier off the ferry from...
Hohhot, China, to Ulan Bator, Mongolia (2006) || Riding The Rails

Hohhot, China, to Ulan Bator, Mongolia (2006) || Riding The Rails

The 36-hour train journey I’ve just completed from Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, China, to Ulan Bator in Mongolia proper was a bit special. It turned out to be my first time spending 2 consecutive nights on a train and it took me through a part of the world I had...

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