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 Tibet: Biggest group of glaciers found in Tibet
Posted on Friday, September 28 @ 00:05:17 EDT (1506 reads)
Chinese media had reported that a group of 42 new glaciers had been discovered on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau by satellite imaging.
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Tibet: Road to Tibet: From the remote west - Ngari or Ali (阿里)
Posted on Monday, September 17 @ 14:01:14 EDT (1777 reads)
The Ngari region in the westernmost part of Tibet has been one of the least accessible parts of Tibet for a very long time. The impediments to foreign travelers to Ngari had been twofold- transport difficulty as well as stringent permit requirements (on top of the usual Tibet Travel Permit (TTB)). The major attractions in this part of Tibet are Mount Kailash, Lake Manasarover and Guge.
However there were tremendous improvements in both of these factors lately.
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Tibet: Tibet is opening its door to foreigners - Tibet Permit Updates
Posted on Monday, September 17 @ 13:57:41 EDT (1217 reads)
Updated Tibet Permit Requiements from our resent visit to Tibet including how to go to the remote Ngari region in west Tibet.
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Tibet: Don't miss Yanjing on your way from Yunnan to Tibet
Posted on Monday, July 16 @ 15:01:59 EDT (1841 reads)
Yesterday I was attracted by a documentary film of CCTV on salt terrace fields in Yanjing 盐井. Immediately I knew that it would be a destination of our next china discovery trip.
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Tibet: Everest Olympic road work begins
Posted on Tuesday, June 19 @ 14:04:17 EDT (698 reads)
China has begun work to pave an unmade road leading to the Mount Everest base camp on the Tibetan side.
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Tibet: Plan for world's highest airport in Tibet
Posted on Tuesday, April 17 @ 13:40:23 EDT (1158 reads)
China is planning to build an airport at Ngari, at n altitude of 4,334 metres. It will be the highest airport in the world.
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Tibet: Overland 4WD from Shangri-la (Zhongdian) to Lhasa
Posted on Thursday, February 15 @ 19:36:02 EST (1493 reads)
tomcarter writes "Seven Days in Permit-less Tibet
The open road into Xizang
By Tom Carter
The news was shocking! The ticket agent at the Shangri-la bus terminal in Zhongdian, Yunnan province was happy to tell me over and over, in both Chinese and English, that yes, foreigners can now travel east through the Tibet Autonomous Region to Lhasa … overland and without a permit!
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Tibet: Global warming: Tibet's lofty glaciers melt away
Posted on Thursday, January 18 @ 05:58:09 EST (737 reads)
Tens of thousands of glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau are melting and shrinking at a much faster rate than previously thought, as a result of global warming.
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Tibet: The Bingzhongluo - Cawarong - Bitu trek.
Posted on Wednesday, November 01 @ 07:32:26 EST (1782 reads)
We just came back from China, after doing a longest and most impressive trek, we ever did - 180 km long Bingzhongluo to Bitu.
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Tibet: Back Road to Tibet - Trek from Cawarong to Zayul
Posted on Monday, September 25 @ 23:49:26 EDT (2246 reads)
I have followed your road book 2 weeks ago, about the nujiang gorge and the back road to Tibet. Thank you for all the informations you have provided in the road book. From Tsavarong (Cawarong), we walked to Zayul with 2 horses and 1 guide.
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