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var majorCaption  = new Array( 'We took the famous Qinghai Tibet train from Xining to Lhasa which was inaugurated on 1 July 2006. 1956 km or 24 hrs.   The line includes the Tanggula Pass, which, at 5,072 m (16,640 feet) above sea level, is the world-s highest rail track. The 1,338 m Fenghuoshan tunnel is the highest rail tunnel in the world at 4,905 m above sea level. It is known as the nearest door to the heaven', 'Waiting on the train coming from Beijing', '', 'Soft-bed compartment with oxygene supply', 'Window-view on north-east Tibet', 'Permafrost-soil requires railways on stilts.', 'Yaks can stand 5000 m', 'Window view on 5000 meter above sea level', '', 'Some folks need oxygen supply', '', '', 'On-the-train facilities are pretty good...', '...the train restaurant as well ', '...the "5000-meter bar" does not offer too much...but tasty Lhasa beer', 'Arrival hall in Lhasa', 'Carrying your luggage on 4000 meter above sea level is a bit of a challenge', 'Chinese soldiers everywhere in Lhasa', 'Impressive Potala Palace', '', 'Potala Palace ', '', '', 'Entrance gate into Potala Palace ...behind this gate \"No pictures please !!!\"', 'Inner courtyard. The wooden ladder leads to the private area of Dalei Lama. Can be visited today.', 'View from Potala on Lhasa city', 'Prayer wheels  ', 'A Check-point between old and new Lhasa ...just Chinese safety paranoia', 'The central Jokhang temple place of old Lhasa', 'Our Lhasa guide', 'Street scenes of old Lhasa...', '', '', '', '', '', '', '\"The Makyeame\"  - a cosy restaurant in Lhasa. Our preferred dining place', '...you can read a bit before taking your table', '', '', 'Good Tibetan food here', '', 'Jokhang Temple is the first Buddhist temple in Tibet. It is also the Sacred Temple of all Tibetan Buddhists.', 'Jokhang Temple is the first Buddhist temple in Tibet. It is also the Sacred Temple of all Tibetan Buddhists.', 'Jokhang Temple is the first Buddhist temple in Tibet. It is also the Sacred Temple of all Tibetan Buddhists.', 'Jokhang Temple is the first Buddhist temple in Tibet. It is also the Sacred Temple of all Tibetan Buddhists.', 'Jokhang Temple is the first Buddhist temple in Tibet. It is also the Sacred Temple of all Tibetan Buddhists.', 'View from Joghank temple over Lhasa to Potala Palace', 'Inside Joghank temple', 'Chinese soldiers are showing-off on the streets in old Lhasa...just stupid', '...on the roof-tops as well.', 'Lhasa Thangka Hotel and our Toyata Landcruiser', 'Nice and cosy rooms', 'Our tirst trip went to the east of Lhasa heading Linzhi town.', '`The roads are unexpectedly pretty good. Green landscape in the east....', '', '...but you need to pass the Milha mountains...', '', '...passing Parla Pass on 5013 meter above sea level', 'The Tibetan Mastiff dog is a member of the working group. They were originally used for guarding villages and monasteries and their livestock. Today they are guard dogs and good companions ', 'A way-restaurant with nice folks', '', 'Yaks do not care much about cars', 'The green and hilly east of Tibet', '', '', '', '', 'A 2650 years`s old cypress tree near Linzhi (east of Lhasa)', 'Check-points on Tibet roads...they check your speed between each two check points.', 'If you have been driving too fast... you better take a break before passing the next check-point', 'This is the checking document:  Arriving too early at one check point means you have to pay a penalty!', 'Again waiting before we pass a next road check-point', 'Hilly and green eastern Tibet', '', 'Yak and Zho herd. In Tibet yaks are quite often cross-bred to dairy cattle, the result being known as dzo or zho', 'This Yak bull did not like me walking through the herd...I had to run for my life !', 'A peaceful Yak', '...I  better returned back to the road', 'Driving in Tibet means \"Do not hit the pilgrims !\"  who are prostrating along the roads heading Lhasa. Can take months or even a full year ', 'Tibetan Nomads and their black tents. Life is indeed a struggle in the harsh environment of the high plateau: A place where the ground and winds are in perpetual motion. It is a place where temperatures range from a low of -40 degrees Fahrenheit to around 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. The yak is the key to survival on the Tibetan plateau. ', 'A farmer`s house on over 4000 m', 'You can easily drive in Tibet...as long as you can read the traffic indicators', 'Is this a honour or not ?', 'East Tibetan landscape', 'East Tibetan landscape', 'East Tibetan landscape', 'East Tibetan road', 'Prostrating pilgrims late evening ...sometimes difficult not to hit them.', 'Climbing higher again', 'A `Edward Hopper` scenery in Tibet', 'Yamdrok Tso ( Turquoise lake ) is about 4500m above sea level', 'It did not want to go', 'Yamdrok Tso ( Turquoise lake ) is about 4500m above sea level', 'Yamdrok Tso ( Turquoise lake ) is about 4500m above sea level', 'Glacier on 5020 meters', 'Glacier on 5020 meters', 'About 5000 meter above sea level', 'About 5000 meter above sea level', 'Yamdrok Tso ( Turquoise lake ) is about 4500m above sea level', 'A wooden plough share with a Yak and a Zhou ', '', 'Fortress on Dzong Hill next to Gyantse town', 'The Palcho (or Baiju) Monastery in Gyantse.', 'Palcho (or Baiju) Monastery is most notable for its Kumbum, which has 108 chapels in its four floors', '', '', 'The Panshen Lama  at an age of 16 (today he has 23). He is the 2nd sacret Tibetan Buddhists leader after the Dalei Lama. He co-operates with the Chinese government.', '', 'Market in Shigaze town on the way to the north west and the Himalaya mountains and Mt.Everest', 'Market in Shigaze town on the way to the north west and the Himalaya mountains and Mt.Everest', 'Market in Shigaze town on the way to the north west and the Himalaya mountains and Mt.Everest', 'Market in Shigaze town on the way to the north west and the Himalaya mountains and Mt.Everest', 'Market in Shigaze town on the way to the north west and the Himalaya mountains and Mt.Everest', 'Market in Shigaze town on the way to the north west and the Himalaya mountains and Mt.Everest', 'Market in Shigaze town on the way to the north west and the Himalaya mountains and Mt.Everest', 'Market in Shigaze town on the way to the north west and the Himalaya mountains and Mt.Everest', 'Market in Shigaze town on the way to the north west and the Himalaya mountains and Mt.Everest', 'Heading the Himalaya mountains ', 'Heading the Himalaya mountains ', 'Heading the Himalaya mountains ', 'Heading the Himalaya mountains ', 'Heading the Himalaya mountains passing a 5250 m pass', 'Tieing up a Tibetan kata (scarf) so near to heaven delivers health and happiness', 'Walking on 5250 meters above sea level becomes difficult', 'Heading the Himalaya mountains passing a 5250 m pass', 'Heading the Himalaya mountains passing a 5250 m pass', 'A way restaurant on about 5000 meters', 'How to cook without electrical power...by solar power !', 'Approaching the Himalaya and the Mt.Everest base camp means one has to pass a chinese border check-point', 'Approaching the Himalaya and the Mt.Everest base camp one has to pass a chinese border check-point', 'We took the road to the left which leads to the Mt.Everest base camp.  Keeping straight would bring you to the Nepal border and Kathmandu', 'A gravel road leads in windings up to the Mt.Everest base camp', 'A gravel road leads in windings up to the Mt.Everest base camp', 'A gravel road leads in windings up to the Mt.Everest base camp', 'A gravel road leads in windings up to the Mt.Everest base camp', 'A gravel road leads in windings up to the Mt.Everest base camp', 'A gravel road leads in windings up to the Mt.Everest base camp', 'Elegant Tibetan lady on a horse on about 5000 meters altitude', 'A caravan of Yaks on ca. 5000 meters', 'His majesty the Mt. Everest or Chomolungma (Tibetan) or Sagarmatha (Nepali).    the highest mountain on Earth, and the highest point on the Earth`s continental crust, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft).', 'Our hotel near-by Mt.Everest base camp....no water supply, no room-heating and very chilly nights.   The jeep under repair is ours...did not work any longer !', 'View from the hotel terrace', '', '', 'The restaurant on 1st floor was the only heated place in the hotel.  Going to the cold room for sleeping was a bit challenging. ', 'Mt. Everest base camp from where crazy mountaineers start the climbing. Some come back soon for an oxygen treatment.', 'Mt. Everest base camp', 'Mt. Everest base camp.', 'Mt. Everest base camp.', 'A way-restaurant on the way back from Mt.Everest', 'A way-restaurant on the way back from  Mt.Everest', 'Looks like a moon landscape', 'Way back from Mt.Everest', 'Way back from Mt.Everest with our 2nd Jeep (the 1st one got a problem on 5200 meters)', 'Way back from Mt.Everest', 'Way back from Mt.Everest', 'Way back from Mt.Everest', 'Way back from Mt.Everest', 'Again waiting before passing annother check-point', 'Way back from Mt.Everest', 'Lhasa airport to leave for Chengdu in Sichuan province ', 'Visiting the Panda bear growing station in Chengdu', 'Visiting the Panda bear growing station in Chengdu', 'The smaller red Panda bear', 'Visiting the Panda bear growing station in Chengdu', 'Visiting the Panda bear growing station in Chengdu', 'Visiting the Panda bear growing station in Chengdu', 'Visiting the Panda bear growing station in Chengdu', 'My new girl friend', '', '' );
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