Nov 3, 2007 - Golmud (2800 moh)

Siden Tashkent i Usbekistan har vi nesten bare hatt Tibet i tankene, og mer eller mindre reist direkte ditover med Jeep, lastebil, buss, taxi og tog.Siden Tashkent i Usbekistan har vi nesten bare hatt Tibet i tankene, og mer eller mindre reist direkte ditover med Jeep, lastebil, buss, taxi og tog....

Mar 18, 2007 - Xining

Just a quickie to tell you where i am and what i've been up to. I'm in Xining (pronounced chi-ning), and have just landed in town after 4 days out at lake Kokonor, staying with a Norweigen named Carl, or Karlsan in Tibetan. ... Jiayi is about 130 km west of Xining, and is on the north eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, sitting at 3005 mts above sea level. ... It is a beautiful place in the middle of nowhere.Just a quickie to tell you where i am and what i've been up to. I'm in Xining (pronounced chi-ning), and have just landed in town after 4 days out at lake Kokonor, staying with a Norweigen named Carl, or Karlsan in Tibetan. ... Jiayi is about 130 km west of Xining, and is on the north eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, sitting at 3005 mts above sea level. ... It is a beautiful place in the middle of nowhere....

Mar 16, 2007 - Jaiyi

On Thursday we left Xi'an on an 18 hour train ride to Xining.On Thursday we left Xi'an on an 18 hour train ride to Xining....

Sep 13, 2005 - + 14 de tren... hasta Xining!

La puerta de entrada a nuestro paraiso: Xining. ... Y llegamos a Golmund, tras 8 horas de autobus por un paisaje de altiplano desertico (que en cierta manera y salvando las distancias nos recordo a Tajikistan) en un autobus todo lo comodo que puede llegar a ser (como casi todos en China) con parada incluida de media hora para deglutir nuestros queridos noodles (y tiempo suficiente de constatar que el bano de la estacion de autobuses es, sin lugar a dudas, el sitio mas putrafacto en el que hemos ido a hacer nuestras necesidades) Sin nada que nos ate a Golmund, ni siquiera el nombre, salimos zumbados a la estacion para intentar coger el tren que nos lleve a Xining, cosa que conseguimos con facilidad increible. ... Y solo dos personas mas (eso si, que ensucian y guarrrean todo como 4) Lastima que somos impacientes y cenamos (fruta y salchichas artificiales de mejor-no-saber-de-que-etan-hechas) pues pasaron carritos con delicadeces como patas de gallina, pollo asado y bandejitas de verduras rehogadas con cerdo y arroz (lo dicho, que aqui les mola comer bien!) Y dormimos muy bien y no nos roban las maletas (claro que prudente-paranoicamente atadas con candados a las patas de la litera, resulta complicado) Llegamos cuando toca a la capital, a Xining, por la manana, medio dormidos y descansados. ...

Jul 14, 2005 - My name is Luo Jia Qi

The train journey flew by. Our arrival in Xining and the journey to Qinghai University, where we are teaching, was minor culture shock all over again. ... Sal had warned me that that would be the case, and it was.The train journey flew by. Our arrival in Xining and the journey to Qinghai University, where we are teaching, was minor culture shock all over again. ... Sal had warned me that that would be the case, and it was....

Apr 30, 2005 - Golmud

Golmud is indeed the back of beyond. ... Golmud is a purpose built mining and oil town hundreds of miles from any civilisation (by which I mean Shanghai, or possibly Japan). ... For a town in the middle of nowhere, Golmud seems surprisingly affluent. ... By the way, if you were hoping to read about the sights and cultural opportunities of Golmud, I'm afraid there aren't any. ... Even the guide book (Golmud is its last entry) can't come up with anything to list under "Things to see and do". ...

Apr 29, 2005 - Xining

Well, what do you know? A successful day of travel at last. The bus from Tongren to Xining was easy to arrange and took a reasonably pleasant four hours, although the scenery was progressively and predictably less interesting as we approached the city. ... Xining is another Chinese city with no sights, although it's a friendly one and its centre at least is predominantly Muslim. ... There's another big Tibetan monastery (Kumbum) nearby, but this is the start of Chinese Mayday holiday week and it's so accessible that it would be spoiled by mobs of noisy tour groups.Well, what do you know? A successful day of travel at last. The bus from Tongren to Xining was easy to arrange and took a reasonably pleasant four hours, although the scenery was progressively and predictably less interesting as we approached the city. ... Xining is another Chinese city with no sights, although it's a friendly one and its centre at least is predominantly Muslim. ... There's another big Tibetan monastery (Kumbum) nearby, but this is the start of Chinese Mayday holiday week and it's so accessible that it would be spoiled by mobs of noisy tour groups....