The Road to Lhasa
The Road to Lhasa isn’t a road at all.
It’s an adventure of air and land. Fly high over the Yellow Sea. Then chug patiently along 4064 km of tracks.
Check your bag in at Incheon International Airport whose highest point is an antenna atop a 22-story control tower at 100.4 meters. Pick up your bag in Beijing at 43 meters above sea level. Hop a train to Lhasa and deboard two days later at approximately 3650 meters above sea level.
You’ll need your passport, Chinese visa, plane ticket, and hot water bottle, as well as your wits and a lot of patience. Oxygen will be provided on the train and hopefully you’ve gotten a tour package that provides you with several bottles of O2 once you reach Lhasa. From Beijing to the capital city of Tibet you’ve gone up approx. 3600 meters, which is equivalent to over 11,000 feet, or 2.2+miles.
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