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New Century Hotel Lhasa

No.155 Beijing East Road Lhasa, Tibet, China

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How to get to Tibet by train, All Trains to Tibet

A travel blog entry by tibetfoot

... second day after over 24 hours covering a distance of 1960 kilometers, while the K9811 starts every other day from Xining at 22:00 and reaches Lhasa at 21:40 on the second day. The operational speed is also 120 km/h, 100 km/h over sections laid on permafrost. It costs around RMB800 for a first-class sleeper berth, about RMB500 for a second-class sleeper berth and half that for a soft seat.
Get to Tibet by train from ...

Farewell Tibet - back to reality

A travel blog entry by kateschronicles

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... resources, uranium (world's largest uranium reserve), hydro-, geothermal energy.
Agriculture products: Livestock and livestock products.
Industries: Mining, wool spinning, carpets, forestry, food processing, printing, building materials and machinery, tourism.
Currency: Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
Government: Type: Communist party-led state (People's Republic of China)
The Tibet Autonomous Region was founded on 9 September ...

Getting High in Lhasa

A travel blog entry by gretchencotter

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... prayer in Tibet pretty much has to be done outside as there really isn't space in the palace. Those who pray indoors generally stand in front of a Buddha and chant their prayers.

After leaving the temple we had free time to shop and then went to a local rooftop restaurant for lunch. My yak noodle soup and spicy lamb cubes were both very good.
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Our afternoon tour was to Norbulinka, the summer palace ...

Lhasa - die Stadt der klatschenden Mönche

A travel blog entry by different9

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Lhasa überrascht uns zunächst mit moderner Infrastruktur. Ich hätte auf 3.650 Höhenmeter nicht so eine moderne Stadt erwartet. Auf dem Weg vom Bahnhof in die Stadt fahren wir auf gut ausgebauten Straßen, kreuzen modernste Brückenkonstruktionen und ziehen im Stadtbereich an modische Shoppingmalls vorbei. Das überrascht doch ein wenig, hat man eigentlich sofort nur den Potala Palast im Kopf, wenn man an das alte Lhasa denkt. Die Modernität steht natürlich im krassen Gegensatz ...

Heading back and a bit of Shopping

A travel blog entry by adamz

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... the construction of a whole bunch of new buildings. When asking the question about why so many new buildings along the road we were travelling (given before had only seen old buildings) the guide said it was chinese policy to rejuvenate the countryside. Interesting though how this rejuvination seems to mostly occur along the roads travelled by tourist.

Heading to the second checkpoint we would of arrived 10 minutes early and so had to wait. Seems that these checkpoints ...

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