This album documents some (but not all!) aspects of our epic adventure

from Lanzhou, which we left at 12h30 on July 14 to our arrival in Lhasa 19h00 on the 15th.

We rode from Xining to Lhasa (2,000kms) on the Qingzang Railroad.

At some points the train reaches 5072 m elevation.

onthetrain_small.jpg lunchconsistedofnoodlesoupwithahotchickenfootascondiment_small.jpg onceatthexiningtrainstationwewaited35hours_small.jpg gaofengleftofcoursewasdesignatedourlocalhandlerforthetriptolhasa_small.jpg
alsoinxiningstation_small.jpg improvingourchineseovertea_small.jpg tibetanwomanbefriendedusinthestation_small.jpg thechineseareeagertopracticetheirenglish_small.jpg
studentofenglishleftandchineseright_small.jpg handgestureshelp_small.jpg onceonthetrainwefoundourhardsleepers_small.jpg butiwasstillfeelinggoodsoisatup_small.jpg
brigittehadoneofthetopbunks_small.jpg earlynextmorningweawoketothis_small.jpg awesternlandscape_small.jpg rollinghillsoftundraandpolesforpower_small.jpg
hugelandandskies_small.jpg finallywecrossedashallowriver_small.jpg wetlandsabove4500melevation_small.jpg andthemountainsbegintoappear_small.jpg
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