Some tips for your Lhasa travel: 1. In the downtown of Lhasa, you may meet some kids asking for money. If you give money to a kid, you will be surrounded by these kids and your charity will only cause more trouble for yourself. In…
Some tips for your Lhasa travel: 1. In the downtown of Lhasa, you may meet some kids asking for money. If you give money to a kid, you will be surrounded by these kids and your charity will only cause more trouble for yourself. In…
In the year 1893, James Hilton described an eternally peaceful and quiet place among mountains in the East – “Shangri-La” in one of his novels for the first time. In the novel “Lost Horizon”, an English diplomat Conway and his brother Gorge scattered the English…
Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet autonomous region in China. It is located at 3650 meters (12 000 feet) above sea level on the northern slopes of the Himalayas. Lhasa, which means “Land of the Gods”, is the heart of Tibet. Over 1,300 years…
As a Beijinger, I am here to recommend you some cool places for your shopping in Beijing: 1. Guanyuan market: It is like the outlet in the U.S. and you can get very good deals here. This place is many people’s first choice if they…
There are many airline companies in China. The big three are Air China,China Eastern, China Southern. Now the best way to get your air tickets is from their web sites. Usually, you can get a good deal if you book your tickets 30-60 days in…
Huangguoshu Waterfall, also known as Yellow Fruit Tree Waterfall, is the largest waterfall in China and Asia, located on the Baihe River in Anshun, Guizhou Province. It is 77.8 m (255 ft) high and 101 m (330 ft) wide. The main waterfall is 67 m…
The Lhasa railway station is located in the south west of Lhasa. It is 20 kilometers far away from the Potala Palace and its altitude is 3600 meters. Now the road from the Lhasa railway station to the downtown of Lhasa is much better than…
Lijiang is a famous place for the travellers from all over the world. Both the Chinese and foreign travellers love this small town. Many foreign travellers even stay here for serveral years and open a bar or something. What they want is to enjoy the…
The Main Tibet Tours Lhasa is the capital of Tibet and is the politics, ecomony and culture center of Tibet. It will take you at least 2 or 3 days to see this unique Tibetan city. I reommend that you plan a 7 days’ trip…
Hotels in Tibet: There are good hotels in the big cities like Lhasa, Rigeze, Jiangmu, Naqu, Linzhibayi and Shannanzhedang of Tibet. They are not comparable with the five star hotels in Beijing or Shanghai of course. But the rooms are pretty clean and the services…