Backpack
Getting to Tibet
It looked pretty easy
on the map, from Kashgar, take the southern route of the Silk Road across
the bottom of the Taklamakan Desert...
The best part of this
is the people you meet on the busses, after every obstacle you overcome the
group gets closer. Laughing out loud whenever we get stuck, sharing food and
then cheering louder when we get free. After this time though, my two friends
and I decided to leave the route and cut across the middle of the desert
No photos of the desert
(if you've seen one sand-dune...), but eventually got a train back to Turfan.
Soft seat, the height of luxury.
This Uyghur gentleman
and his family are an example of the people you meet, friendly and sharing.
He's enjoying the dulcet tones of Men at Work.
This is our 'sleeper'
bus from Golmud to Lhasa with my friend Austin in front - we still had the
aisles to fill up. Note how our knees are bent, this is how we stayed for
33 hours.
This was the worst trip
I've ever been on. I've had longer and harder, but this was the first time
I experienced Altitude
Sickness and it stayed with me for 12 hours or more. At least it
was a new experience...
