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Holy Swan Hotel Lhasa

No. 3 Najin Road Lhasa, Tibet, 850000, China

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Get to Tibet by the world's highest railway

A travel blog entry by tibetfoot

... br> extending 1,956 kilometers from Qinghai's provincial capital Xining to Lhasa in
Tibet.
　　► 5,072 meters: Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the world's highest railway. Part
of its tracks are located 4,000 meters above sea level and the highest point is
5,072 meters.
　　► 550 kilometers:About 550 kilometers of the tracks run on frozen earth,
the longest in any of the world's plateau ...

Do you want Tibet she won't marry me?

A travel blog entry by tomandamy

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... another tour guide who was able to translate for us. We were defiintely the centre of attention as the locals seemed interested and slightly bemused by a random group of multinational travellers eating in their restaurant. Afterwards we went to a restaurant with the slightly unusal theme of barbeque and ice cream which was run by a local girl who Gizzy proposed to within minutes of meeting (we think he was joking, but..).

The next ...

Tibet - Day 1

A travel blog entry by kateschronicles

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... the quarter tomorrow between our tours.

Lhasa is at an altitude of 3658m. I spent the evening acclimatizing and seem to be doing OK so far - following all advice to avoid high altitude sickness which includes no alcohol!! Heading to bed now as we are one of the first groups booked into the famous Potala Palace in the morning. Can’t wait to see this iconic Tibetan structure after all I have read.

Bye for now. Xx


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Standing on the Roof of the World

A travel blog entry by staudhammer

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... on the beautiful faces. Sometimes its hue is brightened from the cool chill that creeps quietly down the Himalayas at night but even on warm afternoons, the happy glow on friendly faces remains ever present. Traditional dress is everywhere, men are clad in heavy, yak wool robes and colorful head wraps; women are draped in colorful silk fronts that hang like aprons on the front of their skirts. Their full black hair is pulled into tight braids that flow in length ...

You can't cross the sea by standing .....

A travel blog entry by sorbus

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... that we remained moving for long. We squeezed a toe into Tibet and there we were stopped and had to pause and wait, suspended in limbo for four long days, unmoving whilst the Customs officials debated fruitlessly the value of our vehicles and therefore how much money should be deposited for security.

Until we left Kathmandu time and life was spent not being a tourist with orphanage visits, school, hausfrau activities; and being a tourist ...

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