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The last few years I have been planning driving trips to USA and Australia, quite hectic and taking alot of efforts to put together. So this coming year decided to take a breather before another epic USA trip in 2026. Then out of nowhere, this short clip popped out and piques my interest: I took some efforts to find out more about this train to Lhasa. In brief, the train departs from Xining spanning 2000km and taking about 21.5hrs, costing about RMB800 per way for 4-berth soft-sleeper. However as you need to apply for permit to enter Tibet, best let the tour company assist to book both the train tickets and Tibet permit for you. But I found out that there are also other train packages that can take you from major cities such as ChongQing, Beijing, Shanghai, Guan Zhou, etc, etc, with Xining to Lhasa as the core component of the trip. So my intention is to fly to either Beijing or Guang Zhou to take the train rides to Lhasa, spent a few nights in Lhasa, then take the scenic train back to the city and spend a few days jalan around before flying back to Singapore. Currently I am thinking of Guang Zhou with 53hrs train time haha. https://www.tibettravel.org/tibet-train/xining-to-lhasa-train.html And there are also other train rides in China that are very scenic, taking passengers through beautiful terrains, which I am also considering with one departing from Fuzhou heading to Hefei with stops at Huang Shan.. As never recall anyone here sharing on such trips, I would like to ask around if anyone here has embarked on such trips before? I have come across many Youtube videos and experience seems quite positive. And would be good also if you feel motivated to take on such rides haha. Feel free to contribute. I would not be moderating, just putting out awareness that such trips are easy to put up and embark. If I were to go on such trip by end of the year, I am sure to do some sharing. This is another video from Beijing to Lhasa with some mention about high altitude sickness and that the trains provide such facility: