Enduring the "Rocket to the Rooftop of the World"

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May 15th 2010

Published: May 31st 2010

At the Beginning "Wo Pu Tong." Means I don't understand (or something like that). My friend Yla often uttered this whenever it became too hard to understand what the locals were saying. Me? "I don't have a clue what he just said." The language barrier is so thick that it hindered us from maximizing our sojourn in Shanghai. First stop: Shanghai. This is where we boarded the Qinghai-T... Read Full Entry

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hana badando

fateundermined

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narrow train carriage passageway

what to do over the next 51 hours?

lavatory in the train

(photo courtesy of Yla Estrelon)

water closet in the train

(photo courtesy of Yla Estrelon)

view as the train left Shanghai

food packages ballooning from high pressure

view outside the train

making friends in other cabins

despite communication difficulties

Lanzhou Station

with the newspaper photographer and his wife

friends we made

despite communication barriers

With 2 of our bunkmates

at Xining Station

after around 25 hours of travel. 25 more hours to go

bunkmates

included a friendly Singaporean couple and a warm Chinese couple. our last picture before disembarking from the train.

snowing outside

notice the change in climate and topography

snow flecks

arid, barren land

scenery for almost the rest of the travel after Xining

permafrost

1st June 2010

Ritz
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What an adventure!!!

1st June 2010

Ritz
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What an adventure! You should have this published in a travel magazine! :-)

6th June 2010

deedee
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super cool!

15th July 2010

alec
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panalo
di ko kakayanin yan!!! hahaha... galing mo... kahit na gaano ka ka-organized, minsan talaga, wiwindangin ka ng mundo... i love your blog... :-)

22nd April 2011

Marvin
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wala na ikaw na.... adventure sya tlga.

8th March 2013

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

We love train travel
But you have not made this one sound so appealing...... our meds worked for the altitude while we were in Nepal and in Peru. Sounds like you had to suffer with several symptoms. With travel anything can happen and that is what makes it interesting.

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