Tibet in 1986

Date: 2011-11-17 20:18:00 by pssf Tags: Tibet Everest Lhasa

In 1986 I took a taxi from kathmandu to the Tibetan/Chinese border. I heard the Chinese were letting in tourists. The road was out. I hiked several hours over the mountain to the border town. I crossed the bridge. I showed my China visa. The Chinese soldiers ushered me over. I was in Tibet. I went outside the town and caught a Chinese truck to a town near Everest basecamp. I had horrible alt

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Most spectacular nature reserve in Sichuan province

Date: 2011-11-11 7:25:00 by erinnichole84 Tags: Jiuzhaigou hiking nature reserve Tibetan Culture

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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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Xiahe, E. Tibet. Prayerwheels and a Wide Open Sky

Date: 2011-7-12 8:56:00 by jroberts Tags: Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhism Labrang Monastery

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Lhasa

Date: 2011-7-7 17:19:00 by eglings Tags: Traveling in Tibet

- Lhasa, the spiritual centre of Tibet... The former residence of the Dalai Lama is now a deserted museum and isolated from the old Tibetan part of town, which is the 

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