At the Xining train station, we met our first up-close Tibetans heading home for the upcoming Tibetan New Year. (The Tibetan is the one on the right of course!)
Taking this railroad between Lhasa and Xining was one of the absolute highlights of the trip. It is hailed as the highest-altitude train in the world.
The train leaves Xining at night, so as to hide those untidy nuclear testing grounds in the nearby countryside.
Daybreak falls over the Tibetan plateau, elevation about 4000m.
One quickly realizes Tibet is simply all.. mountains.
And plenty of snow in some areas.
There are some wide plains as well.
It took a lot of searching, but there are indeed blue skies in China!
Some small friends were looking for distraction on such a long train ride (another 25 hours!).
Eventually dusk started to settle in.
The sun made its descent behind the ever-present hills in the distance.
Destination: Lhasa train station
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