The highest fresh water lake in the World

4,800m above sea level and the meanies would not let us off the train to paddle.

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July 31st 2006
So we finally left Chengdu grasping our train tickets and Lhasa visas. We entered the station for the T27 Chengdu-Lhassa express all excited to be on this train in its first month of running. We were guided over to the waiting lounge and had to pass a sort of customs stand, which was quite heavily policed. When we showed our tickets to pass into the lounge, a police officer came up and asked to ... read more

Asia » China

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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