China Travel 2.0

You really need to Travel to china – it’s shrouded in mystery and steeped in tradition, and China is among the most ancient of human civilizations. Consisting of an area of nearly 3.7 million square miles, it is the fourth largest nation in the world. China offers vacationers an array of terrain: plains, deltas and [...]

Tibet’s achievements celebrated 拉萨 LHASA – Padma Choling, chairman of the Tibet autonomous region, delivered a speech on Sunday to the Tibetan people in celebration of the Third Serfs Emancipation Day and promised more efforts for a new Tibet that is stable, united, democratic and well-developed. An accreditation ceremony is held in Lhasa’s Jokhang Temple [...]

I’d like to re-post the pictures from thetravelersnotebook, the pictures can tell the changes yesterday and today. goto the page to see more pictures for others places in the world. Beijing: Maybe they are not the very same places, but it is true that the old buildings are disapearing every single day. Shanghai-You can see, [...]

I was told that Tibet is close again and the foreign travelers can not enter Lhasa at least by the end of March. Then I called a local Travel agent operator and confirmed!  Besides, the permission released before will be all withdrawed. and they are not allowed to tell more details. the only reason they [...]

More and more people are looking for more destinations beyond the golden Triangle(Beijing,Shanghai,Xi’an). Someone will vote for the Guilin, someone will say Yangshuo, but I will suggest another city-Chengdu. the reason is simple, you will lose something if you will not goto the Giant Panda’s breeding base center in Chengdu. Chengdu Map above So we [...]

The Shoton（Xuedun,雪顿节） Festival is one of the annual typical Tibetan festivals in Lhasa. During the festival, there will be lots of dancing and singing shows by all the performing groups (professional and local). Including the horse racing and Yak racing. This Shoton festival began from 20th Aug to 26th Aug, there will be an international [...]

 外国客人按以下程序办理入藏手续： 申请旅行许可：你只要将你的时间、进藏路线、旅行意向、姓名、护照号码、职业、供职机构、联系地址和方式等材料经所在地的旅行社提交给西藏的有关旅行接待单位，你就会在很短的时间内得到入藏的相关确认手续。 进藏确认函：凡有组织的海外旅行团体进藏旅行须由西藏自治区旅行接待社办理进藏手续。西藏旅游局分别在北京、成都、西安、上海、西宁、香港和尼泊尔、美国、日本等地设在旅行办事处，具体负责散客组团和进藏旅行咨询等事项。 护照和签证：来西藏的外国旅行者或登山者均须持本国签发的护照及中国驻外国使（领）馆核发的签证。但与中国缔结免签证协定的国家的旅客例外。 由成都、格尔木、重庆、西安等地进藏的客人，须凭进藏确认函原件购买进藏机票和车票。 由加德满都入藏的客人，须凭进藏确认函在中国驻尼泊尔大使馆取得签证或加注并购买机票，办理入境手续。 西藏自治区旅游局驻外办事机构、各旅行接待单位都可代办进藏确认手续。 Travel Permit for Entering Tibet Overseas tourists and compatriots should get a Travel Permit for entering Tibet in advance. Otherwise, they would be refused by the inspections on their way to Tibet. Tibet Tourism Bureau has set up its office in Beijing to issue Travel Permit directly for [...]

The native visitors can go to visit Tibet this May,but the real name is needed when they buy the train tickets. But still not sure for the foreigners. But dont worry,it is only a matter of time,I promise. 西藏游5月1日全面恢复 乘火车进藏须实名登记http://news.QQ.com 2008年04月25日01:23 　 沉寂一段时间的西藏旅游近期又可启动了。（资料图） 广州已沉寂一段时间的西藏旅游将在5月1日全面恢复！据广州各大旅行社昨日透露：因为西藏自治区旅游局已确定从本月23日起，恢复内宾进藏旅游观光，广州多家旅行社已收到通知，重新启动了西藏游各大线路，并从现在起正式接受市民咨询报名。不过旅行社同时提醒，从5月1日起，游客需要登记实名，才能购买到进藏的火车票。 外宾进藏时间未定 自\”3.14″事件发生后，西藏旅游一度处于停滞状态。随着”五一”小长假的逼近，\”西藏游何时恢复\”成为市民关心的问题。据了解，西藏自治区旅游局已于4月22日召开了旅行社会议，当地政府确定从4月23日起恢复内宾进藏旅游观光，港台游客5月1日起可以进藏旅游，不过外宾进藏时间则未最后确定，所以目前广州各大旅行社的西藏组团游暂不接受外籍游客报名。 据介绍，目前广州旅游市场已推出一系列结合现在西藏季节特色的相关线路，如\”青藏铁路三飞六天”，仅3999元，创下了同期以来的最低价，游客将在西宁坐上青藏铁路列车，欣赏铁路沿线的美丽风光，然后再抵达拉萨。而青藏铁路三飞八天将深入林芝地区，加游纳木措等。 旅行社建议跟团游 记者了解到，从5月1日起，铁路方面对进藏列车票实行实名制购买。据悉，散客在购票时，必须出示身份证，实行实名登记制度。而游客在旅行社报名团队线路时，须携带身份证复印件，方便旅行社购买团体票。业内人士认为，实名制将能更加有效地规范市场，打击相关倒票行为，旅行社相对有更充足的票源，以满足广大游客的需求。 据悉，5月的西藏开始迎来青藏高原的春天，春暖花开，气候宜人，日平均气温在摄氏15度左右，空气中的含氧量较高。此外，由于还没有进入雨季，所以当地的路况亦较佳。 旅行社表示，由于还没有到达最旺季，此时去西藏可以避开拥挤的人群，建议自由行游客最好跟团出游，毕竟带团的导游经过当地旅游局的紧急预案培训，能更熟练地处理突发事件，游客出门时要随时带上身份证等。 (新快报)

His name is 扎多,Tibetan.We have been friends for over 10 years. He messaged me via QQ this afternoon when I was working. I was excited again. He lives in Zhiduo治多,Yushu county玉树州,Qinghai Province青海省. Yushu is the hometown of Kangba 康巴Tibetan, an important Tibetan rigon. I am wondering if there was something wrong in Yushu. He told me there is [...]

Met him in qq(one of the populor chat softwares in china), his name is 桑周多杰(I dont know the English name or Tibet name), we were excited at that time. We were friends for a long time. Obviously,we were talking about the situation in Tibet. To tell the truth. As a 汉族, I feel embraced a little [...]