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This blog follows the travels of the Turberfield family as they drop out of the normal busyness of corporate life to explore the ancient art of Tibetan Thangka, the dusty mountaintop temples of the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau and travel overland from Singapore to England.

Offering to The Spiritual Guide in a lofty gompa perched above the natural fort of Dongwan valley, weekly trips to Shangri La's unpredictable shower rooms, keeping the cows out of the bins, scaling sacred Mount Shika, haggling for pu-er in the tea markets of Kunming and the nightly wonder of the milky way - possibly as far as it's possible to get from the subway at rush hour....

The main contributors are Michelle (also widely known as "The Boss") and David with bits and pieces from San San and Jon Jon. We hope you enjoy and look forward to your comments.

Saturday, 22 January 2011

Planning

Decided on the full route - Singapore trans Siberian to the UK. Russian visa takes about 10 working days and requires exact entry and departure dates and details of accommodation, Lao visa we can pick up on entry (at certain border crossings from Thailand), Mongolian visa only takes a day or two but it takes six working days to apply for a transit visa for Belarus. Looks like our departure from Singapore will be mid February. Planning continues...
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