The man must decide on a route
By maximax8
@maximax8 (31042)
United Kingdom
August 17, 2012 9:39am CST
Niall is in Nepal. He is traveling around the world and his rule is he is no allowed to fly. He wishes to leave Nepal and travel to Thailand next month. He has two possible routes but both are very challenging.
The first route is going to India then Sri Lanka next to Malaysia by ship and then up to Thailand. The sea route might cost loads of money. The second route would be through Tibet and into China. A permit to visit Tibet sounds wildly expensive to me. There is a rule travelers within Tibet must be in a group of 5, all the same nationality.
Niall already had a problem affording to travel by ship from Dubai to India.
What do you think of Niall's problematic possible routes?
Why does a permit to visit Tibet cost 800 to 1500 Euros?
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7 responses
@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
21 Aug 12
Hi Maximas,
Your name makes me remember the General Maximus from the movie "Gladiator".
It was a good information for me. Nepal is a neighboring place for me, because it is with the boundary of my state i.e. Himachal Pradesh but this is in India.
I am not able to help you with your question but if there are any other question or help which you think that I can help with, please ask.
Thanks
@natliegleb (5173)
• India
18 Aug 12
that is because nowadays tourism is booming in a huge and spectacular way,we must try to understand it.and that too travel expenses are costlier day by day.so prefer the standard and trusted one route ,which you have stated
@yugasini (12892)
• Secunderabad, India
18 Aug 12
hi maximax,
if i am in that position to travel from Nepal to Thailand by road or sea, i will select the road route from Nepal to India Gorakhpur by bus from their to Calcutta either by train or bus from west Bengal to Myanmar by road from their to Thailand via by bus i think,according to my budget, this is only my thinking ,how far it is easy i do not know,saying is easy and travelling is some what difficulty,have a nice day.
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
17 Aug 12
If he chooses to travel through Tibet and China he will need a Chinese visa and a Tibet travel permit. You need to travel in a group of 5 travellers from the same country, but there is a way to solve the problem. I know that there is a website when you can find travelmates who plan on travelling on the same day as you. The site is divided in nationalities so that you can find people from your own nationality. You have to be flexible and you might have to postpone your departure a few days or travel a few days earlier according to other people's itineraries, and you must also be willing to travel with a group of strangers, but if you can accept those things it will be possible to get a travel permit that way. I would use the site if I ever want to travel to Tibet as an individual traveller.
From China he could travel to Thailand via Laos. There one border crossing between China and Laos where you can buy a visa at the border, so the last part of the trip would be relatively easy. Travelling to Thailand via Myanmar is out of the question, because you are only allowed to enter Myanmar by plane, and there are no overland border crossings at all.
I think that the other possibility (India, Sri Lanka and a ferry to Malaysia) sounds interesting. He would get the chance to travel from the north of India to the south of India and he could visit a lot of different places in India. A trip that that is my dream
Sri Lanka could also be an interesting place to explore. I am not sure what the ferry trip from Sri Lanka to Malaysia costs, but I can imagine that is quite expensive. I didn't even know that it was possible to sail from Sri Lanka to Malaysia and I wonder what it costs and how many hours it takes.
Sri Lanka could also be an interesting place to explore. I am not sure what the ferry trip from Sri Lanka to Malaysia costs, but I can imagine that is quite expensive. I didn't even know that it was possible to sail from Sri Lanka to Malaysia and I wonder what it costs and how many hours it takes. @RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
17 Aug 12
I have heard of this dilemma before in a few travel books that I have read. The problem seems to be getting through Burma (Myanmar) who will not let travellers through their country. So people are forced to go up and around through China, or to "cheat" and fly over it. Going through that part of China requires a guide too from memory so that become very expensive when you are paying them by the day and it is such a long journey.
@mkmuhammadayaz (69)
• Pakistan
17 Aug 12
my goal in life that i start a business at home like shop or growing vegetables at home.







