I am revisiting the trainride to Tibet in 2009 – and sending some pictures from the train for Thursday Thoughts.
Mezmerising landscapes every day – and – going to bed for the night? We didn’t want to miss a single thing. Today I found some pictures with human connection. Nomads with Jaks grazing the slopes. A peaceful sight.
The Chinese built the railway on the permafrost, and also the existing roads. We saw mostly trucks in endless lines on those roads.
Something that maybe was built to stop snow and sand blowing onto the railway?
Meandering rivers and roads, and everywhere that enigmatic light,
and the magnificent cloudscapes over the floating, colourful landscape.
See the tiny road running close to the railway? I can only imagine the distance to those mountains…
I hope you enjoyed this piece of the Tibetan Plateau too. I do think there will be a number III next Thursday – and you are welcome to travel with me!
Leya 
Always a pleasure to travel with you xx
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What a captivating landscape, especially the first and last images!
Thank you!
Dear Ann-Christine
Thanks for taking us to the Tibetan Plateau 🙏 🙏
We are looking forward to part III
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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What fabulous memories AC, and what a vast and fascinating landscape……
Thank you, Sue – those are memories highly treasured.
Stunning scenery
Fascinating and lovely shots. What’s growing in those fields? I never think of Tibet as a farming country.
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Thank you – I wish I had an answer to that. Nobody to ask there…
Difficult to visualise the perspective of distance. The shapes of the mountains is so smoothly creative. Great memories for you.
Thank you, David – great memories, yes. And from my hiking days I remember how distance is almost impossible to fathom…
Must have been amazing to see, A-C. I’m sure it filled your heart.
Thank you, yes, it did. And still does.
Such a unique landscape. Thanks.
My pleasure!
. . . the incredible almost empty vastness of it all . . .
This absolutely fascinating, Ann-Christine. What an amazing feat of engineering to build those roads across such vast land.
Thank you, Egidio – yes, amazing. I wonder what will happen now when the permafrost is letting go…
Quite lovely journey Ann-Christine 😀
Thank you, it was. Difficult only that the train never stopped – so many views to photograph!
Good photos from a moving train through windows though. It would have been lovely to at least slow down at the most scenic spots
It would. Chinese people are only efficient…
Wonderful to see Tibet through your photos! I don’t think I’ll ever get there, so thank you.
I am glad you are enjoying it! Thank you for reading and commenting!
Tibet is one of the most beautiful places in the world, glad you visited it
Thank you – it had been a dream of mine since I was young. We should go for our dreams while we are young.