On March 10, 2008 the following article appeared in the China Daily: Five-star Beijing-Tibet train to run after Games. Luxury passenger train service from Beijing to the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region will be launched on Sept. 1 [2008]. The tickets were gaggingly expensive – $5600 USD per person – and the projected departure schedule was [...]
Don’t Stop That Train, I’m Not Leaving
March 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Travel Ban (What About the Train?)
February 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Here’s the latest on spring tourism opportunities in large and beautiful areas of Gansu, Sichuan and Qinghai provinces: Official: Tibetan areas closed to foreigners An official at the tourism office of northwestern Gansu province’s Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, home to a major monastery and large Tibetan communities, said the region was closed to foreigners and [...]
Tags: Qinghai · Sichuan · Tibet
Luxury Train Back On Track
February 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Just when I was wondering what had happened to the world’s most expensive train, this shows up. (h/t to Danwei). And at a great deal, too – 50% off. Twenty-one days as an extravagantly pampered tourist in one of the world’s most fragile environments on a train that is “normally reserved for celebrities and government [...]