High Altitude Train to Tibet
To obtain a permit to travel to Tibet, one must be on an organized tour *Cringe*. Fortunately, the others in our tour group felt the same about their new compulsory travel companions. Our guide, Ben, an overly enthusiastic British bloke and a bit too quixotic for Dirk’s realist take on life, goes off to bribe the Quingzang Railway attendants for tickets for the 48-hour high-altitude train from Bejing to Tibet. (more…)
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