Lhasa to Chengdu - High Altitude Trains (45 Hours!)
July 21st 2010 Lhasa to Chengdu - High Altitude Trains
Having missed our original train to Chengdu we had to wait another 4 days for the next one to carry us out of Lhasa. Not a big problem as there are floods in China and we really like Lhasa.
This is no ordinary train and is a marvel of engineering. Its the highest train in the world and has an average height of 4000m, topping out at 5072m.
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