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Yushu and Around

Posted on 12. Nov, 2009 by yoyo.

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Or: A gate to Tibet
Yushu feels strange. it’s a city but it feells like a big village. most restaurants are run by Han Chinese, most people on the streets are Tibetan. and, there is absolutely no way to get money here without a Chinese card (even exchanging Dollars is impossible). the monastery inside the city [...]

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Extending Visa in Yushu

Posted on 08. Nov, 2009 by yoyo.

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The PSB station in Yushu is pretty straight forward. you need a hotel registration (that slit of paper you recieve from authorised hotels), a passport size picture, a photocopy of your passport information page, Chinese visa page, and a photocopy of your visa, showing your number (why!?). you will then recieve a piece of paper [...]

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Xinning to Yushu, via Dawu

Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by yoyo.

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“You play Yushu, I play Dawu” Bart said to me, in front of us the ticket saleswoman, behind us am angry queue of Tibetans.
I won, we were going straight to Yushu, skipping a crazy de-tour through Dawu, which will cost us time and money and of which we know nothing about.
”Lets go through Dawu [...]

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Xinning and Around

Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by yoyo.

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I arrived at Xinning by train at about 14:00 (after more than 24 hours coming from Urumqi, see post) and, being a cheap bastard as I am, started to walk my way to the cheapest accomodation in Lonely Planet, Lee Youth Hostel.
That night, after being couped up in the train for too long, eating instant noodles [...]

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Sleeping

Posted on 01. Nov, 2009 by yoyo.

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Xinning: Lee Youth Hostel: (Lonely Planet). 30RMB for a dorm. a little hard to find. show the address to locals, not just the hostel’s name. a DVD lounge, hot water and information from Tibetan Connections (a travel agent located in the hostel) available. it’s one of those big buildings behind the big football field.

Dawu: I have [...]