China Travel Stories

Train travel to Tibet

Date: 2008-4-24 21:18:00 by Su Yee Mo Tags: Tibet train travel

Tibet, the mystical land and dubbed "Roof of the World" is now easily accessible with the exciting launch of the train that runs from the various cities in China to Lhasa on 1st July 2006. This train has aroused much of the world's attention and it had certainly caught our attention to try out this novelty ride.

The starting point of our train ride was in Lanzhou. The entire t

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My Tibet Train travel experience

Date: 2008-4-10 21:46:00 by Yourguide Tags: Tibet train travel

I took the newly operated Chongqing-Lhasa train along the Qinghai-Tibet highland railway and reached Lhasa the third day.

Scenery along the rail track is unbelievably beautiful with vast lakes, views of snow-capped mountains, foothill grassland among which flocks of yak and sheep are leaping and skipping.

The train condition is very good, better than most of the trains I ha

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Chongqing to Lhasa Train Travel

Date: 2008-3-25 20:34:00 by MCAA Tags: Tibet train travel

Chongqing

Worth spending a day or so – rather than travel straight through to board the Yangtze boat, as I've done in the past.  It's apparently gearing itself up for more tourism and there's enough here for at least a day and overnight.

Peter was to send details of the Old Tank Loft, a famous art gallery, but I haven't received them, and my email to

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Frog Soup

Date: 2008-3-12 1:47:00 by Carl Tags: Chinese Food Tibet train travel Tibet

The first day I arrived in Hang Zhou I was just getting over my flu. My friends, an assortment of Chinese and Koreans, suggested I go with them for a walk around West Lake. My appetite had returned that morning. They'd all seen me eat a hearty breakfast. It was late autumn and a light mist hung above the lake, accompanied by a fine rain and low clouds. We walked along the shore and watched fish

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