I am standing on the train to Tibet looking out the window at a sunset as we climb the Tibetan Plateau. The colors in the sky against black clouds and tundra like grasslands are breathtaking. It has been so long since I have seen a proper sunset I almost forgot how beautiful they can be. Whether it be from a mountain top or a beach, but all I have seen this year is the glowing balls through a haze of Beijing smog. The sunset in these mountains is quite different from the view from Therapy. There weren’t purples and pinks but the six colors of blues, greens and yellows were gorgeous.
And still the train moves further and further west. We have been on the train for 24 hours and have 24 left to go before reaching Lhasa. If the landscape of the last 2 hours suggest anything of that to come I will gladly spend another day on the train. That said, I am tired of being on the train and can’t wait to get there!!
