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March 3, 2008 - Lhasa, China
Today is our last day in Lhasa. We've done all the main touristy things - Potala Palace, Namsto Lake, Barkhor Circuit (including a little shopping) and a couple of other monasteries around Lhasa. One of the monasteries used to be the home of 7000 monks! It was pretty big! The Tibetans are generally really nice (everyone wants to say hello to us...
Placed by Sophie and David in Asian Adventure
Same same, but different!
February 27, 2008 - Lhasa, China
Greetings from Lhasa :-) So, we made it. Yay. Lhasa is more like China than we expected, but there's enough of a difference to make us feel like we're in a different place. Tibetans like colours - everything is bright and cheery - juxtaposed against the rocky, snowy, mountainous backdrop. The 36 hour train trip is not to be repeated, although...
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Destination: Lhasa
February 24, 2008 - Xian, China
We finally got our train tickets and our permit to Lhasa, Tibet - so this time tomorrow, we will be on our merry way! And, today it's SNOWING, which makes Sophie very excited! Like most things we've encountered in Xi'an, getting the permit and train tickets hasn't been easy. Basically, we weren't able to get a permit until we knew exactly what...
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Now we know why it's so "Great"
February 19, 2008 - Xian, China
After hours of trekking up icy mountains, past frozen lakes and over fiery chasms we made it to the great wall of china. Well, maybe that's exaggerating slightly, but it was certainly a hike (the cable car was broken :( ) - three hours from Jinshanling to Simatai. By the time we made it to the wall itself Sophie thought she might die, but to...
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Beijing
February 15, 2008 - Beijing, China
Beijing isn't like Shanghai. Shanghai is a baby compared to Beijing - which means Beijing has far more history for eager tourists like ourselves, but it also means that establishing new technologies (like subway lines) is much more difficult.
We've been very spoiled for our first two days here (courtesy of our awesome host Cindy, a friend of...
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