Towards the end of the second day, we passed through the city of Xining and on towards Golmud. Golmud marks the beginning point of the new railway across the Tibetan plateau. We settled in the dining car for some grub. (And grub it was.) The vista at this point was vast – gently sloping hills, [...]
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After struggling through a rather dismal night thanks to Mr. Snore, I awoke to find the train in Gansu province. Gansu is an isolated province with a poor population and a dry, extreme climate. Not a lot of tourists find their way there. I saw tall hills on either side of the train and small [...]
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We’re just concluding our first full day in Lhasa and I am tired, overwhelmed and happy. Lhasa is an intensely interesting place. Before I get to stories of Lhasa, however, I want to tell you about our 48 hour train ride. The train was supposed to be relaxing – a place where we could gather [...]
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I have a lot to say, so I’m going to try to do it in installments! Also, these are more straightforward “what we did” posts, without a lot of deep thought. The second trip to Beijing in less than a week began on Friday afternoon as we tried to get a taxi into the city. [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
