Arriving in Kaili a major town in Guizhou the group stumbled on a local festival. To celebrate the traditions of the local minority tribes the festival, which runs every August, includes dance and bullfights.  The bullfight is a competition between two huge water buffalo which face off in front of an enormous crowd that cling [...]

Right from the start the trip had an air of excitement about it. Having met each other only on the net by email, our first meeting was in a Hong Kong hostel. Although we knew each other from emails, we had never heard or seen each other before and didn’t know for sure that anyone [...]

The only legal routes into Tibet are:  1. Via Chungdu where you can buy an air ticket for 3000Yuan ($375) This allows you to travel around Lhasa. 2. Via the Golmud to Lhasa highway. From this remote town on the borders of Qinghai and XinJiang there is a 35 hour bus route to Lhasa. Although [...]

At present entry into Tibet is controlled by the  ‘PSB’ public security bureau that requires travelers to possess a permit of travel. more information: Areas in China/Tibet open to foreign travellers Getting a permit means you must be in a group so if you want to travel independantly from China to Tibet it has to be [...]