Tibet
Travel & Leisure March 8th, 2010For example, you can take the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. As the train climbs, you can enjoy the amazing scenery as you acclimate yourself to higher and higher heights. The train, which runs all the way from Shanghai and Beijing, has two different systems of oxygen supply to make sure you can breathe without difficulty.
Or you may decide to Tibet on the car. This means that you will take Zhongni highway, which is considered the best road to take in Tibet. It is usually free of avalanches in the winter, and free of landslides in the warmer months.
If you are flying to Las airport when you land, you are already at 3650 meters (11975 feet) above sea level. For comparison:
Paris 129m (423 feet)
New York 234m (767 feet)
London 24m (78 ft)
Melbourne 132M (434 feet)
As you can see, Lhasa is the highest capital in the world.
If you are suffering and discomfort, rest and hydration is recommended, but in the worst-case scenarios, oxygen cylinders are available in Lhasa, to alleviate symptoms.
Flights to Tibet is not as hard as you drive from Nepal. Nepal is in the valley, as compared with the surrounding Himalayas at a height of 1400 meters (4593 feet).
In a short time to leave Nepal to Tibet together gradually increasing the Friendship Highway, you arrive at the Tong-La-Pass, which is located at 5120 meters (16797 feet).
If this is your first entry to Tibet, you notice the symptoms of mountain sickness. Many travelers depart at this point and can become quite ill because of the rapid growth of almost 4000m.
But when you get to the top of the pass is spectacular!
The small town truck stop Tingri at 4,390 meters (14,402 feet) where you can be safe at a lower level to acclimate and begin their journey on the roof of the world.
If you take the bus, he said that you can find travel inconvenient, as many are prone to altitude sickness and smelly feet, but in harmony with the warm people of Tibet will give you an experience you will not forget!
Tibet tourism and tourist facilities do not meet Western standards, but it’s not something you should be here.
Some of these places you must not miss include Yarlong Tsangpo Canyon, Plateau Ngari and Everest.
Yarlong Tsangpo Canyon, is very exciting and houses rare plants and animals. The area was littered with quiet lakes and clear running rivers. Imagine, if you want an area that has more than 1500 lakes! Valley of incredibly green. Plateau and valleys are home to many species of wild animals such as wild donkeys, Tibetan antelope and wild yak.
Western Tibet, Ngari, is a vast barren plateau, which is considered a holy place of pilgrimage. There you can visit the beginning of the Shang Shung Kingdom and Hugh Kingdom.
If Adventure runs in your blood, climbing a mountain is one of the ways to make your trip to Tibet absolutely unforgettable. Tibet after all the home of Mount Everest. You do not need to pick up Mount Everest, or make your ascent. There are more than 40 snow-capped peaks, you will find are open to amateur climbers.
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