Getting There

From singapore

From Inchon in South Korea there are passenger ships to Weihai and Tianjin. For Weihai they leave in the afternoon and arrive in the morning - twice a week. The service to Tianjin takes more than 24 hours and leaves every five days or so.

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Transsiberia

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There are direct trains from Moscow to Beijing who take just over a week for the whole trip. Some trains go via Mongolia, check in advance if yours does because you do need a visa in that case and it can be tricky.

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From Pakistan

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The Karakoram Highway takes you from Kashgar to Gilgit via Tashkurgan, Hunza valley and Passu or vice versa. The Khunjerab pass is some 4800 meters high and is only open in summer. Border formalities are not very strict. There is one bus daily in eevry direction that takes two days to go from the more..

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From Nepal

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The border at Khasa between Nepal and Tibet is open. If you are coming from Nepal you need a permit to enter Tibet - it is not very likely they let you in if you just show up. The Nepalese issue visa upon arrival.

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Via Kazakhstan

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There are also trains from Almaty in the Kazakhstan to Urumqi in western China. From Almaty there are onward trains to Moscow.

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From Kyrgyzstan

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From Kashgar in west China you can cross into Kyrgyzstan via the Torugart, it is a great trip, but you need to get a special permit. It is possible to arrange this permit in Kashgar but it takes a day or two and you may have to go in an officially organized trip which drops you off at the border. On the Kyrgyz side of the border you need to take a cab to the first town of some size, Naryn, which is still a couple of hours away.

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Vietnam

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The Chinese Vietnamese border is open. There are buses to Vietnam from Nanning.

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