Saturday, July 2, 2011

Tibet : A memorable trip by 'Skytrain'

Views of tourists outside Chengdu (China) rail stations for entraining "Sky Train" - a journey of about 44 hours - to Lhasa.
Exotic river frozen in Tibeto
Tibetian landscape of barren land, mountains & blue sky
Passengers of the Sky Train at terminal station at LHASA.
The Potala Palace, the seat of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa.
Street scene at Lhasa - BARKHOR Square
People with prayer wheel doing "Kora" around the Jokkang Temple - second most visited place at Lhasa.
Yamdrok-Tso (Elev 4441 m)
Prayer Wheels
One of the innumeral bridges acros the Tibetian Platau
Tangula Range is the highest point travelled in SkyTrain - there is no stoppage at the highest station for the simple reason all its bogies are sealed (with extra oxygen being pumped in from Golmud).

The rippen fields after getting back to China (on way to Xian)

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