China, Tibet, Nepal, Thailand and Laos
This trip traces a journey I took during the summer of 2003. Landing in Shanghai, I crossed China by rail to Chengdu, from where I took a flight to the holy city of Lhasa. For the next three weeks, I traveled across Tibet, making stops in Shigatse (Xigatse), Tingri, Nam-Tso Lake, Mt. Everest Base Camp, Nyalam and Jongmu, before crossing the Nepalese border and hitching a ride to Kathmandu. From there, I flew to Bangkok, then journeyed through northern Thailand on my way to Laos. Crossing over after a few nights in the town of Pai (Bai), I took the slow boat to Luang Prabang, visited Luang Nam Tha, and visited the northern city of Udomxai, before taking a Lao Airlines flight to Vientienne. Following two days and nights of prawns, noodles and sunset rounds of tasty Beer Lao, I took an overnight bus back to Bangkok for my flight back to the U.S.
