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Date: February 9th 2007

Chengdu to Lhasa

The ride from Chengdu to Lhasa was a nice 48-hour scenic escape with breathtaking, eternal landscape... well at least for the time I was awake! I was in the second level of the hard sleeper, which doesn't give me enough room to sit up, so most of the time I just fell asleep while reading...that is, until the altitude started kicking in and I started having wild, vivid d ... read more







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