Travel to Tibet by Train

Jan. 2, 2010 - PRLog -- Twenty years ago the acclaimed travel writer Paul Theroux spent a year travelling around China by train. He wrote a book about his experience and the book became a bestseller. Titled Riding the Iron Rooster, the book ends with a chapter named "The Train to Tibet". Theroux predicted in the book that it would be impossible for the Chinese to build a railway to Tibet due to insurmountable climatic and geological challenges including permafrost. Twenty years later the Chinese achieved what he thought to be impossible. The railway opened on July 1, 2006 and Laurus Travel had its first group of 20 riding the train to Lhasa in mid-July that year.

The China tour incorporating the 25-hour-long train ride became an instant bestseller for Laurus Travel but the company decided to suspend the program one year later due to unusual challenges including shortage of sleeping berths and poor food on the train. Now that demand and supply of sleeping berths are more balanced, the China tour company founded in 1998 feels it’s time to bring the program back beginning in March, 2010. Since the news went out in late December ’09, Laurus Travel has received many inquiries about space availability on this particular tour, especially for dates in May and July . Travellers interested in this tour can find all the details at http://www.laurustravel.com/10tb2.htm or by calling the company toll free at 1-877-507-1177.

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Laurus Travel is a China tour company specializing in upscale small-group China vacation packages and Yangtze River cruises. The company's China tour packages cover all corners of China including Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Guilin, Yunnan, Tibet, the Silk Road. Founded in 1998, Laurus Travel has been a leader in its industry sector. The company enjoys A+ BBB rating and is the only Canadian China tour operator recommended in Frommer's China guidebooks. Please visit http://www.laurustravel.com/ to learn more about Laurus Travel.