On the Tibetan Plateau
September 15th 2006
We took the new train from Beijing to Lhasa which at 48 hours was a breeze after the trans- sib! We were in a compartment for 4 so shared with a chinese couple who watched very loud tv for most of the journey so we were regulars down the dining car. That is up until I grumbled about one of the employees for smoking there. It is s'posed to be pressurised all the way, pumped with O2 and there is a
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