Stories about Travel in Tibet
Journey on the highest train in the WorldHarry van gorkum - lighttravels [98] Traveling from Beijing 1.251 miles on the highest train in the world to the capitol of Tibet Lhasa. One of the top ten train rides in the world this 3 day 2 night adventure takes you to heights a mere 1000 feet less than Everest base camp.
Destinations:
China |
Tibet |
Hong Kong
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Mother IndiaLaura Kelley - lauramk [50] A traveler's experiences of culture and food in India before the monsoon.
Destinations:
Bangladesh |
Nepal |
Indonesia |
Pakistan |
Tibet |
Mount Everest |
Hong Kong |
India |
Sri Lanka |
Kathmandu |
Thailand
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Last Days of the Tiger Leaping Gorge?Adam Bray - kanzis_slave [1,617] Deep in Yunnan Province, at the foot of the Himalayas, the Yangtze River (here known as the Yellow Sands), carves the deepest gorge in the world between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (5,596m) and Haba...
Destinations:
Yunnan |
Himalayas |
Tibet |
Lijiang River |
China |
Yangtze River
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On the Edge of Our Seats at Cinequest 18Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Mystery and suspense take on many forms in the seven Asian entries in San Jose's 18th annual Cinequest Film Festival. Why is everyone looking for Amal? What's in Dashang's suitcase? Will Zhao make it...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Tibet |
Mount Everest |
Hong Kong |
India |
China |
Japan
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Tibet, China, PicturesAnn Piwo - cgbtravel [15] http://www.countryguidebook.com/
Destinations:
Tibet
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Cycling across the HimalayasColin Hinshelwood - chinshelwood [123] The 1,200-km Highway 318 from Lhasa to Kathmandu has suddenly become one of the most fashionable, gruelling and wondrous trails for international mountain bikers. Originally an artery of the famed...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Himalayas |
Thimphu |
Tibet |
Bhutan
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Pico PoloKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Bali |
Indonesia |
Tibet |
Tokyo |
Manila |
Hong Kong |
Mumbai |
India |
Lhasa |
China |
Kathmandu |
Thailand |
Japan |
Philippines |
Bangkok
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] 1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- up. Amazing, how quickly it all comes back: the agony, first. The slow, panting ascent on astonished,...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Himalayas |
Tibet
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 1Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line, unplug the modem and pull out the power cord. That's when the umbilicus is severed, and the...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Tibet |
Nepalganj
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 3Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931] Hotel Batika, Nepalganj If this is to be a journey beyond preferences, I am sorry. For I would truly prefer to be elsewhere. I would prefer to be somewhere northwest of Simikot, trekking through the...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Tibet |
Nepalganj
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