Destination: China

Gallery: Xian Again

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By jsherdc | Photo Gallery

Sun 23rd Nov - on the train to Beijing

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [613] | Comments [1]

Early stop at Xingxing. photos of station, two Tibetans looking down from a bridge and a snack cart. Wonder if there are awards for this kind of photography?  9.30am. The restaurant car is full of train personnel eating their heads off but for me, ... Read more >

Sat 22nd Nov - Lhasa to Beijing

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [689]

AWESOME!!!! Yusuf called me at 6 and had toast and marmalade ready. Pema collects me at 7 am and we drive to huge modern station. A showpiece, I think. No one minds me taking pics. I am so happy I could burst! So luxurious, this soft class. Flowers, ... Read more >

Tags: red army, soft class

Fri 21st Nov - Last day in Lhasa

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [522]

Awake early from dreadful dream about Chinese vampires. And the day gets worse as I discover I have lost my first journal, the one with all my addresses. Not in the lobby, not in the room, not in Snowland restaurant which is the last time I remember ... Read more >

Taxis and Rams

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 | By mazystar | Views [1963] | Comments [7]

I had a fantastic day exploring the city of Guangzhou today. I awoke at 8am and had breakfast in the hotel resturant. I'm not a morning person at all, but there's nothing like a free breakfast to tempt you into getting up early! The breakfast here ... Read more >

Gallery: Lhasa, Oh Lhasa

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery

Thurs 20th Nov - Lhasa, Tibet

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [647]

Cry off the trip to the Potala Palace which is seriously high up. Go to the Bank of China instead to change money and discover that Nepali rupees are unwanted in town. looks like a lousy day but Ahmed back at the hotel says his dad will probably change ... Read more >

Tags: buddha, tibetan looks

Adventures in Guangzhou

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 | By mazystar | Views [670]

The idea of keeping a travel blog is a fantastic one in theroy, until you realise that it's almost impossible to update it as much as you'd like. It has been too long since I wrote in here. I even have one previous update that I'm still in the middle ... Read more >

Wed 19th Nov - Tibet

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [438]

Tsampa for breakfast and a good warm at yak dung stove. Gave Derbyshire postcard to nice lady. Off to Lhasa on the Freindship Highway again. We climb and we climb and come to a first beautiful and intensely blue lake. It is high and very cold and pretty ... Read more >

Gallery: Mountains, passes, lakes

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery

Gallery: On the road in Tibet

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery

Tuesday 18th Nov - Gyantse, Tibet

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [378]

Got here early and checked in to superb, luxurious hotel. Again with the twin-bedded room, wallpaper and tv. Chinese tv is OK but has no Hollywood movie channel like India and Nepal. i know, I know, but you do get spoilt sometimes and watching the Sixth ... Read more >

Tags: carrots!

Gallery: Moscou!

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By cmaheo | Photo Gallery

Mon 17th Nov - Xigatse

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [972]

Tibet is really, really cold and dry. We arrived at very posh but freezing hotel. Again I have a twin bed room to myself while the boys share. Bed is cold and damp so open it up to air through. Gandi is here and we have hot drinks in my room and she ... Read more >

Tags: cold, yak dinner

Sun 16th Nov - Lhatse

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [380]

We have done three passes - all festooned with prayer flags, the last one at 5,200 metres and I am not dead yet. Jon, who is a Tibetan Buddhist, has a headache; Devin is fine; I have a cough but then I had a cough before I got here. On the road we stop ... Read more >

Tags: card sharp, yak dung stove