The Sky Train to Tibet

It climbs to 17,000 feet above sea level.  It brings in 3,000 Han Chinese each day.  Only 1,500 go back. Do the math.  Took a wonderful trip in 2006 with my cousin George and my daughter Josephine. Photos by all three of us.

  • Qamera's photo
  • Start here: Marco Polo Hotel in Beijing by George Jardine
  • "Darling, let's go look at the Forbidden city tonight..."
  • Tourists, like us
  • Waxing philosophical
  • Madeleine, from Australia
  • Inner moat
  • Cyclists in the Forbidden City
  • Resemblance? by Josephine Jardine
  • Lovers stairway, Beijing West Station by Josephine Jardine
  • Qamera's photo
  • Xi'An station
  • by George Jardine
  • Sawing logs by George Jardine
  • George bad hair morning
  • by George Jardine
  • Cooking up a storm in the dining car
  • Qamera's photo
  • Oxygen piped in
  • by George Jardine
  • Uninvited guest by George Jardine
  • Chief conductor takes 5 in the dining car by George Jardine
  • Michael by George Jardine
  • Animated card game by George Jardine
  • by George Jardine
  • by George Jardine
  • Inbetween cars
  • by George Jardine
  • Qamera's photo
  • by George Jardine
  • Yankees fans 3 miles above sea level
  • Okay, now we're in Lhasa
  • Mom and son, Tibet by Josephine Jardine
  • Flour mill workers, Tibet by Josephine Jardine
  • "Time to get some more dirt for our face make-up."
  • Three girls by Josephine Jardine
  • Qamera's photo
  • Young monk, Drepung Monastery
  • by George Jardine
  • by George Jardine
  • Hand printing prayer leaflets, Tibet
  • George shows one way to edit in broad daylight, Tibet by Josephine Jardine
  • Waitress, Lhasa
  • "Why is that thing pointed at me?"
  • George goes for the goggles
  • by George Jardine
  • Gyantse Zong by Josephine Jardine
  • Near Shigatse
  • Reading scriptures, Norbulinka
  • 'Cow alley', Gyantse
  • Color study, Tibet by Josephine Jardine
  • My cows!
  • George shoots Gyantse
  • Monk at Gyantse Zong
  • Shigatse pool denizen
  • Barkour prayer wheel
  • Barkour pilgrims
  • Tibetan prayer wheel
  • Qamera's photo
  • "What's in that?"
 

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