You’re Going To Miss …The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
Press play. And then start reading. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin You're going to miss the trepidation of landing in a foreign country, for which visas you've worked so...
Shouting “Shigatse!” At The Roof Of The World; From Tibet To USA Via First/Business Class
Cover photo credit: JC Chan To Shigatse and back. Although the photos near the bottom are of Lhasa at night, it would be a shame to not mention Shigatse in the brief few hours we were there. Located 3860m (12,660 feet) above sea level...
“The Other Most Beautiful Drive In The World”: From Lhasa To Shigatse
I've been on many beautiful drives before, most notably from Argentina to Chile, and the drive from Srinagar to Leh but today's from Lhasa to Shigatse is now climbing the charts, and we're still on the road.We set out from Lhasa this...
Paradise Lhasa
Waking up to the roof of the world: Despite getting my first 8+ hour night of sleep in probably over a week, I nevertheless woke up with symptoms of acute mountain sickness (a slight fever, headache, dry mouth, not unlike a hangover). So I doubled...
The Journey To Tibet
Struggling with 3 consecutive nights of 5 hours of sleep each night, we all got up again at a ridiculous 5:15am to catch a 5:30am car service to take us to the airport for a 7:40am direct flight from Xi'an to Lhasa. The Xi'an airport was unexpectedly...
Escape To Xi’an
It was a nail-biting 5 hours of booking last minute hostels, flights, and a 5am car service after our group missed our overnight train from Beijing to Xi'an by a frustratingly mere minute. We ended up at Chinese Box Hostel for the...
Finishing The Trans-Mongolian: Beijing, China
After yesterday's shenanigans on 2 trains, we slept in for about 3-4 hours before having to wake up for a 7:10am arrival at Beijing Railway station, thus formally and sadly concluding our Trans-Mongolian Railway journey. After picking up our...
Through The Gobi Desert From Erlian To Hohhot
After a quick and yet harrowing stopover in Erlian at the border between Mongolia and China, we spent the next 8 hours on the train passing the time by mostly eating, talking, looking out the window into the Gobi desert, and engaging in depth...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
