The Potala Palace
The second day in Lhasa we headed to the Potala Palace. We had our breakfast at the hotel, it was self-served, western style, and it was included in our fee. It was funny the manager Continue Reading
Tibet Trip | Todd and Ziqin's Travels
Lhasa
We took the 24-hour express train from Xi Ning to Tibet. The train actually departed from Beijing, had its layover at Xi Ning for supplies and cleaning, dropped off some passengers here and picked up the Continue Reading
DAY FOUR OF EXPLORING THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU
The next morning we left the local inn and headed to the adjacent Gansu Province to check out another site–张掖丹霞 (Danxia Mountains in Zhangye). On our way to the destination, we began to chitchat with our Continue Reading
DAY TWO OF EXPLORING THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU-
The night in the camp was fine with all the modern technology, namely the electric blankets. Still it took us a few minutes to warm up under the blankets. So far, altitude sickness had not bothered Continue Reading
DAY ONE OF EXPLORING THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU–Wifey‘s Side of Story
Alright, in my husband’s post, he said he was sitting in a tent right now typing his article. You might wonder what I was doing at that moment. Let me tell you, I was taking Continue Reading
Mt. Everest – An Unforgettable Trip
Well we made it to Mt. Everest (the Tibetan is Chomolangma so in English the Chinese use Mt. Chomolangma) and then back to Shigatse. I know this post is coming out of order, I haven’t Continue Reading
The Potala Palace
Well I’ve finally decided to add another post about our Tibet trip which is now over. Of course I am backdating this post to accurately reflect dates from our trip So on our second day Continue Reading
The Train from Xining to Lhasa, Tibet
We took the train from Xining to Lhasa starting yesterday and arrived today. All the pictures I took from the train were taken with my cell phone because I was too lazy to pull out Continue Reading