Travel Blog Photos from Tibetan Plateau (46)
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· The Northern Tibetan Plateau, Tibet, China · GMT +8 hours Into the unknown So we got out of Xi'an as planned. Yes, we got onto the train for Lhasa, Tibet as planned and we even got onto it without so much as a hint as to where our permit was (in Pat ...
... 19). Our guide said he wished the British had remained in control of Tibet as he felt they would have given the Tibetan people their independence unlike the Chinese. In Gyantse we visited the Pelkhor Chode Monastery and the Kumbum Chorten Stupa (Pic ...
We continued across the rugged Tibetan Plateau to our next destination the town of Xigatse. Here we visited the Panchen Lama's Tashihumpu Monastery, which was built in 1447 (Pic 1-3, 6,7, 10, 12). The Panchen Lama is the Lama who decides who will be ...
... ; Back to Dulan (都蘭), here is a place for Mongolian people. The roadsigns shows 3 types of languages: Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian. This place was once a time a Kingdom of the famous Tuyuhun (吐谷渾) from the northeast in ...
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Looking for a travel company
Posted on May 8, 2009, 08:11:37
... festival, which is highly recommended. you could rent a car drive from Chengdu(the home town of pandas) to Litang(a town tibetan plateau where the horse racing hanpens).and then through Shangrila to Lijiang(ancient Chinese town ) . about a 10 days trip. ...
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Best places to hitchhike
Posted on Jan 30, 2008, 17:00:36
... , don't count on covering many miles hitchhiking. There are even severe laws against hitchhikers in the region of the Tibetan plateau. Test your thumb in Thailand, or on the Mediterranean coast of France, where cars are plentiful, and people friendly, ...
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