From Lhasa, Tibet, I planned to visit Chengdu, China, which is in Sichuan province and essentially in the middle of present-day China. I had originally thought about taking the train, but I ran into 2 problems: 1-the train to Chengdu only runs every other day, so I’d have to pay to stay an extra day,…
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My trip to Lake Namtso was really interesting in sevearl different, unrelated way. First, it was supposed to be a 2-day trip, going out on the first day, camping near the lake, and coming back in the evening of the 2nd day. With the tightening government restrictions (something is really going on in Tibet right…
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DAY 1 After my hectic arrival into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, I was dropped off at the Yak Hotel and told that I could spend the evening walking around on my own, with a meet-up time planned for the next morning to officially start my tour. I still wasn’t feeling well, so I took…
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From not-really-in-Xi’an South to Chongqing, most of the ride was spent sleeping, since we left at 9pm and arrived at 7:30am. I figured that I would wake up at 6:45 to eat something and get my stuff ready; the cabin employee woke everyone up at 6 to tell us to fold up our sheets, pack,…
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My trip started with a good laugh on the bus from Dengfeng to Zhengzhou, because the temperature gauge said 63°C. That’s 145°F. I’d be dead, if that was the real temperature. After commuting through the Dengfeng bus station to Zhengzhou and taking the train to Xi’an, I arrived at the Xi’an 7 Sages Bell Tower…
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