Tibet: Asia’s best winter destination?

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 05:00 — Anonymous Since most travelers go to Tibet in the
summer, Lhasa can sometimes appear swamped with tourists lining up at palaces
and monasteries. Winter is actually a better time to visit for many reasons.
The epic train journey from Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou is even more
mind-expanding across a winter wonderland where the sunrise sprinkles golden
light on the snowfields of the Tibetan plateau, and lonesome trucks navigate
the frozen tundra under a milky blue sky. Outside the window of a comfy train
carriage, yak herdsmen, wearing coats with drooping hoods and extended
sleeves, hunker down in bunkers to avoid whipping winds at minus 40 C.read
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