Beijing to Kathmandu. A lifetime trip

Date: 2011-8-15 4:41:00 by Chexpir Tags: Beijing Lhasa Tibet wall Forbidden City

Once upon a time, a lonely traveller wanted to discover the highest mountains of the world. hE would need a train ticket to do it, if not, he couldn't write the story. So he is promissing to write a wonderful story of its trip, but he really does need to get the train ticket from Beijing to Lhasa to get his story going on! And for doing that he needs CT points!

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Sun Bathing for the Buddha Tanga

Date: 2011-3-10 22:45:00 by suenwinghang Tags: Tibet

Sun Bathing for Buddha Tanga is held at  "Jet Pong Temple"  in Tibet on 20 /Auguster , 2009

12 / August - 2 September  / 2009 Eager to start my trip from Shenzhen to Xining then by train to Tibet - from Xining to Tibet took me 26 hours - and have bought the train ticket in Xining

First of all - lets tell somehting about Xining which is the transit point

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Tibet Travel Story

Date: 2009-3-30 9:49:00 by clare Tags: Tibet

Day 1
On 22 July 2008, we left Beijing in the evening, and we took the train to Lhasa. China Highlights arranged our train tickets and our permit for Tibet, which they had dropped off at our hostel in Beijing the day before we left. They even called the hostel to inform them that they would drop it off! So nothing could go wrong, we took a taxi and we arrived on Beijing West Train Statio

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Ngari, West Tibet, by Tom Carter

Date: 2008-9-18 22:36:00 by chinatravel Tags: Tibet

My path to purification began in the home of Shiva the Destroyer – or perhaps it was just his rubbish bin. The shantytown of Darchen at the foot of Mt Kailash in western Tibet is populated with half-naked, red-cheeked children playing in trash heaps. Teahouses running on car battery power, with dirt floors lined with old pillows, serve as bedding for road-weary pilgrims and backpackers be

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Frog Soup

Date: 2008-3-12 1:47:00 by Carl Tags: Chinese Food Tibet train travel Tibet

The first day I arrived in Hang Zhou I was just getting over my flu. My friends, an assortment of Chinese and Koreans, suggested I go with them for a walk around West Lake. My appetite had returned that morning. They'd all seen me eat a hearty breakfast. It was late autumn and a light mist hung above the lake, accompanied by a fine rain and low clouds. We walked along the shore and watched fish

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