Tibet Hotel Chengdu

... the community, took the elevator to their condo from where we could see much of a section of Chengdu. We were then invited to dine at the Tibet International Hotel restaurant.  The hotel looks spectabularly elegant. Don't know too much about the ...

... package for this trip to Tibet because they only allow visa for tour groups. As there is no direct flight into Tibet, our trip starts from Chengdu. Upon arriving Chengdu, we meet up with our tour guide and the rest of the members. We realised that ...

... head south. We are in Chengdu now, and we'll be leaving Chengdu for Kunming tomorrow. We bought our plane tickets to Lhasa, Tibet in Chengdu, we'll be heading to Tibet on November 5th. Xian, as close to Hong Kong as Mainland China can get We really ...

... started off on the wrong foot, or should I say, the wrong wheel. Our driver ran into a ditch while leaving our Markham, Tibet hotel. He broke the jeep's steering. Luckily a repair shop in town was repairing a similar model and took the part from that ...

... of China offers foreign exchange services and facilities in Tibet and certain up market hotels (Lhasa Hotel, the former Holiday Inn, and Tibet Hotel). The Bank of China has a main office (0891-6835078) and several sub-branches in Lhasa, which all cash ...

... . One thing I've noticed so far in Asia, they love hard beds! OUCH! 11 September 2004 We've arrived into Tibet! Midway through our flight from Chengdu to Lhasa we turned back around. It was due to bad weather in Lhasa. We ended up staying on the ...

... for tourists. They are helpful enough, but it is a lot harder. Flew from Xian after a three hour delay, and found my self in Chengdu at one oclock in the morning. I had asked for a driver so was not worried about being left at the airport. ' Booking a ...

... that brings us to this morning in Chengdu. I got up again at 4:30am for a 5:30am bus departure to Chengdu airport. We were catching a flight to Lhasa...TIBET!!! Whoo Whoo!! Finally, my dream is hear...finally I get to go to Tibet. The flight to Tibet ...

... og jeg ligger og sover. Det er min foerste oplevelse med tynd luft og ekstrem hoejde. Situationen udspiller sig i toget fra Chengdu til Lhasa, som ikke for ingenting er verdens hoejste jernebane. Mere om det senere. Tempoet er eskaleret baade hvad angaar ...

Lever tres difficile a 5h15, une voiture m'attend a 6h pour m'emmener a l'aeroport de Chengdu, ou j'ai un vol pour Lhasa, au Tibet, a 7h50. L'aeroport est bien clean, tres moderne, et tres bien organise, Paris devrait en prendre de la graine. Par ...

... best wel zwaar. Het tweede wat opvalt is de strakblauwe lucht en zonneschijn. Wat een welkome afwisseling na Hong Kong en Chengdu! Tibet is sterk aan het veranderen. De Chinese invloeden nemen steeds meer toe en de Tibetanen zijn momenteel in de ...

... , seeing nothing of what must be one of the best flights in the world. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Next up: Chengdu, and why pandas are better off extinct. Currently reading: 'Seven years in Tibet' - Heinrich ...

... to Tibet. The first check was when we purchased our tickets from a travel agent at Sim’s Cozy Guesthouse in Chengdu. We preferred to pay a modest commission instead of handling lineups and charades at the central train station. She looked at our ...

We made it to Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan province to get ready for Tibet. Quite a few foreigners go to Tibet from here either by plane or train so that it is relatively easy to find people to partner with as a way to reduce expenses for getting a ...

... at one point, but thankfully that never happened! We finally got on the plane and it left on time.  The flight to Chengdu, our stopover, was 2 and a half hours and was fairly uneventful.  We got off and were supposed to have about an hour for ...

... and he pointed towards one in the corner that was on a second floor, but it really looked like somebody's house. Tea houses in Chengdu are famous because people come here to drink tea, play cards or any other game and socialise. It is really nice to ...

... or getting into a car for a ride into the city.  Thanks Kim for getting the Chinese translations of the Hotel names and addresses. Chengdu is a medium sized city, only 13 million in Sheshuan (spelt wrong) province.  The next province over is ...

... as, Microsoft, Motorola, Siemens and Intel have factories and research bases here... Chengdu is the shortcut to the mysterious Tibet.. Chengdu is famous for its  embroideries, brocades and bronze culture It is where the Southern Silk Road began It ...

... fight the Japanese in the late 1930's. We didn't spend much time in Chongquing but took off on a 5 hour bus ride to Chengdu, a "smaller" (only 10 million people) city in Southwest China. the Chinese refer to the road from Chengdu to Chongquing as ...

... I was happy with the contract and booked the tour. What a waste of time the contract was, as the communication between the Chengdu (Chinese) office and Lhasa seemed to be non-existent and the Lhasa end didn't really care what was in the contract. The ...