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 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)
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
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
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
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)
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
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...
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Hohhot is the capital of the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia and it was once, along with vast stretches of Siberia to the north, part of Mongolia proper, my next stop. I remember reading that it’s a good place to come if you want to experience the Mongolian...