TravBuddy.com: mountaingirl's The Roof of The World ~ Tibet travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/12496 My love affair with the mountains continues with a trip to The Roof Of The World - Tibet. The journey there on the first railway connecting the Tibet Autonomous Region with the rest of China launched on 1st July 2006 was as interesting as Tibet itself. en-us Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:54:47 PST Yomdrok Lake & the great mother nature http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/12496/Yomdrok-Lake-great-mother-nature-4 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:54:47 PST Yomdrok Lake & the great mother nature Xigaze, China, Oct 24, 2006

Monasteries are plentiful throughout Tibet and it was interesting for us to visit one of the largest in Shigatse -Deprung Monastery. Again we witne…

]]> Potala Palace http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/12496/Potala-Palace-3 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:52:12 PST Potala Palace Lhasa, China, Oct 22, 2006

A trip to Lhasa is never complete without a visit to the magnificent Potala Palace - famous for its grand buildings, complicated constructions, dev…

]]> Qinghai - Tibet Railway http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/12496/Qinghai-Tibet-Railway-2 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:50:47 PST Qinghai - Tibet Railway Tibet, China, Oct 20, 2006

This is the first railway connecting the Tibet Autonomous Region with the rest of China. Since the launching of this altiplano railway on 1st July …

]]> Long journey to Lanzhou http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/12496/Long-journey-Lanzhou-1 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:15:46 PST Long journey to Lanzhou Lanzhou, China, Oct 19, 2006

My love affair with the mountains continues with a recent trip to The Roof Of The World - Tibet. Our journey to Lhasa was a 29 1/2 hours train ride…

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