Reaching Everest Base Camp in Tibet involved a long drive from the city of Shigatse toward the border with Nepal. We broke up the journey with a pointless stop at a roadside mile marker for Highway 318 which is the longest highway in China at 5,476 kilometres. It comes all the way from Shanghai to…
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Potala Palace and Barkhor Street | Lhasa, Tibet
The only way for tourists to visit the Tibetan autonomous region, is by going on a tour – which we despise doing. We’ve already spent a lot of time in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, and Qinghai, but we figured it was time we finally bit the bullet and visited the spiritual…
Taking The Highest Train In The World To Lhasa, Tibet
There are two main ways that tourists reach Lhasa in the Tibetan Autonomous Region; by plane – which is risky due to the high altitude, or by train which helps gradually adjust the body to the elevation change. We opted for the cheaper train, which was due to take 22 hours, travelling from Xining in…
One Of The Most Important Tibetan Monasteries | Labrang
As soon as we arrived in the monastic town of Xiahe in Gansu, I just knew I’d love the place. For starters – it’s the first place we’ve come across where some of the monks wore fuchsia pink robes. Many were still wearing the classic red ones, but the occasional pops of pink thrilled the…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 