Xining Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

Spent four nights in Xining. Somehow when I end up in a city - especially one with all-night internet access - I seem to end up there for a while.The problem with untouristy China - as far as I'm concerned - is that there's no bars. There are places to eat on every street corner but most of the time there's nothing to drink but tea. Tea's nice and all but there's a time and a place for a beer (namely: evening, anywhere) and in backwater China there's nowhere to sit and drink one.So I liked Xi…

A three week trip through China, across the Himalayas to Lhasa by rail, Khatmandu and Bhutan

Tocht over land vanaf Shanghai via Beijing, Tibet naar Delhi in India. Zo nu en dan actueel te volgen middels stippen op de Googlemap met wellicht tevens een beknopte tekst.

12 Hours later I arrive in Xining and are welcomed by what looks like a 90's gangster B movie set. Mr. Niu awaits me near the station exit and asks me if I'm the man from Holland and I respond if he is Mr. Niu and continue to ask him if he is the man who can help me with my little problem and off course he can! He brings me to a dirt-cheap Chinese hotel that is probably used for the hour. In the hotel room he explains his "service" and what it takes to buy his "service". Well his "service" …

My long far-east tour, started in Nepal (did the Everest Trek), continued into India and then back to Tibet, Mongolia and amazing China. Finished the tour in the middle due to some Job in London... went back a year after, look for that Travelogue :)