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The Worlds Highest Train - Lhasa to Xian
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The railway from Lhasa to Golmund (the Quingzang railway) is a fantastic example of Chinese engineering beligerance. They decided they needed a railway to Tibet, so they bloody well built it. It cost US$4.1 billion, more than China has spent on Hosptals and Schools in Tibet over the last 50 years combined. 80% is at an altitude of over 4,000m, they had to build a network of Hyperbaric chambers to treat ...
Tchang, on arrive !
... regarder un peu par la fenêtre pour essayer de voir où l'on est. Je dors sur une couchette intermédiaire et j'y ai une bonne visibilité. J'entrevois dans l'obscurité des montagnes beaucoup plus impressionnantes que les précédentes sans pour autant bien distinguer l'ensemble. Je me rendors alors au bercement des claquements de roues sur les rails, et me réveille définitivement quelques heures plus tard ...
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Splitting of the visa & bring on the sandstorm
... we decided to take refuge actaully in the truckrather than under the canopy becuase the wind wasdriving the rain in under the canopy and it was actually painful!! within minutes the rain turned to hail and then it turned intoan all mighty hail storm liek i have never seen before, we were all on the truck just watching our tents being pummeled by the hail! Poor Matt was the only one who had gone to bed and his tent was collapsing around him from the wait of ...
Operation Desert Sandstorm!
... inside, up into the back of the truck. Adele, wearing little more than a sarong, followed the tent, and I turned back to help others with their tents.
I think over the next 30 minutes or so I helped rescue about 4-5 more tents, rolling them up and dragging into the lee of the truck and into the back. At one point the sand blasts were so strong I had to shelter at the side of Matt’s very low tent, gravel burning my arms the whole ...
2 Days to Tibet, over the roof of the World
... meal of rice and veges with sparse bits of chicken so were glad of the fresh meal from the dining car which we took away to our cabin. At night we found it hard to sleep probably due to the altitude. It also got colder in the train .
Sunday 8th November. After a poor sleep where during the night we passed massive industrial areas in the middle of seemingly nowhere we saw the sun rise about 8am across snowy, icy plains ansd hills. It was ...
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