Lhasa, China
Hey! The view from the top of the world is pretty great!
After a fairly comfortable 48hr train journey, we arrived in Lhasa on Thursday evening. This is a new train route that started in 2006 and they have all sorts of precautions against the cold and the altitude (the highest pass we hit was 5100m). The track is laid on permafrost with circulating nitrogen to keep it from freezing in winter and there is oxygen available on board for altitude sickness. The highl...