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This post has been edited by Raddus: May 1 2025, 08:36 PM

my parents arrive liao

Nama pun Teebet. Sendiri pikir lad.

I took the train up and flight back.. and yes, the terrains are vast and amazing

i flown to Lukla airport before... that one more scary...

turbulence?

interesting place.. got enough oxygen there onot

If I ever go, would choose train up and down.

but the view from the plane would be alot more awesome. Do not want to have to land in the highlands where the air is thin though. that is the most sketchy part of the flight. so maybe you are right, take the flight back. **** once again also sketchy... since the plane is fully loaded and need to take off where the air is thin.

a bit of turbulence = most dangerous flight konon

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making content views. maybe kids impressed
we uncle gen liao

niamahai.. just abit dirty air already = dangerous.

Drive from Shanghai

need more views to cover the cost of the flight to make video

lemme remind you, train from ChengDu to Lhasa is circa 36 hours, and 46 hours from Beijing, on soft (and thin) sleeper bed, passing through some of the highest terrains above 5,000m where air is even thinner than Lhasa's airport which is around 3,500m only. You may wanna think twice of train up and train down.. haha

Wowee, is that fully high speed train? Good scenery? Or at least partially high speed. 36 sounds long...was in train from new Orleans to Chicago....like 1-2 days...was quite uncomfortable.


Definitely need to get own cabin if like that. How do they handle altitude sickness...in trains that is a question...

Image stabilisation quite good.

Doesn't seem too shaky.

nope, not the usual bullet train. it's the green train running tibet-tsinghai route. top speed probably at 130-150 but most of the time is around 90-120 due to ascending terrains. I measured it using waze when nothing to do in the train lol.

the best cabin you can get is soft sleeper cabin that sleeps 4. i.e. 2 double deckers. you will need to sleep with strangers, and during my time, i was with 2 very kind tibetan elder ladies and a vietnamese solo tourist.

they will switch train at xining station to change to oxygen supply train. but that being said, oxygen is not supplied automatically in the cabin. Rather, they have oxygen outlet beside your bed, similar to hospitals, and if you need any assistance, you gotta ask the staff to provide you the oxygen hose and ventilator. my SpO2 level dropped down to 60% during the most extreme cases (at kekexili plauteau and tanggula mountain range > 5,300m) with severe headache and lost of breathe but i survived lol.

view is awesome after your cross tsinghai plateau. and depending on the time of your train, you will see different view. but most of the time you will see snow capped mountain, vast grass land, countless mountain tunnel passes and occasionally wild animals.

This post has been edited by farscope: May 3 2025, 09:08 AM

wow that is an adventure!!! oiii spO2 to 60%.... dead already leh... cannot even go below 90% right? You probably were at 90% but already start to be confused. Lucky you have kind Tibetan elders... they help you? they probably made an effort to pair Tibetans/highlanders with normal folks....so they can render aid.

Maybe in future, they have pressurized train cabins. Anyhow, thanks for sharing the info!!! luv it!

not dead la.. just dizzy and hard to breathe. different from covid time. at those altitude, 90% is the new norm, usually is around 85-95% max cz i tested out with a few people onboard the train.

the pairing wasn't intentional because other cabins are mostly foreigners. Locals usually choose the cheaper hard bed or sitting option.

the cabin is slightly pressurized though, hence the conductor advised us not to be over excited when we step out of the train.