This is part of my longer trip beginning from Tianjin, China on September 26, 2012.

Earlier rail trips before this flight:
• [Sep26 23:11–Sep27 06:30] Train K509, Tianjin–ShijiazhuangNorth, 425 km, hard sleeper middle berth
• [Sep27 07:05–Sep27 09:37] Train 6031, ShijiazhuangNorth–Yanhui, 86 km, hard seat
• [Sep27 10:04–Sep27 10:41] Train 6034, Yanhui–Niangziguan, 19 km, hard seat
• [Sep27 17:13–Sep27 18:16] Train 6033, Niangziguan–Yangquan, 39 km, no seat
• [Sep27 19:57–Sep28 05:37] Train T41, YangquanNorth–Xi'an, 888 km, hard seat from Yangquan North to Yan'an, hard sleeper upper berth from Yan'an to Xi'an
• [Sep28 11:45–Sep28 21:00] Train G824, Xi'anNorth–ShenzhenNorth, 2221 km, second class seat; It was the opening day of the Xi'an to Shenzhen high-speed train service, 2000+ km in 9h15m include 11 intermediate stops.
• [Sep29] Bus to Hong Kong
• [Sep30 14:47–Sep30 16:42] Train T818, HungHom (Kowloon, HK)–GuangzhouEast, 173 km
• [Oct01 16:14–Oct01 20:23] After a metro ride from Guangzhou to Foshan; Train T8349, Foshan–MaomingEast, 339 km, hard seat
• [Oct01 23:09–Oct02 06:35] Train 2574, Maoming–Nanning, 438 km, soft sleeper upper berth
• [Oct02 07:10–Oct02 10:21] Train K1205, Nanning–Baise, 234 km, hard seat
• [Oct02 13:00–Oct02 16:48] Train K483, Baise–Xingyi, 250 km, hard seat
• [Oct03 02:34–Oct03 06:11] Train K231, Xingyi–Qujing, 208 km, hard sleeper middle berth
• [Oct03 07:40–Oct03 09:10] Train T9022, Qujing–Xuanwei, 101 km, hard seat
• [Oct04 01:54–Oct04 04:49] Train K159, Xuanwei–Kunming, 258 km, hard sleeper lower berth

This post is only for the next section, China Eastern Airlines flight MU5939 from Kunming's new Changshui Airport to Lhasa's Gonggar Airport, with a short 40-minute scheduled stopover in Dęqęn Shangri-La Airport. I will detail those rail and road trips in future posts.



Train K159, Kunming Railway Station arrival on October 4, before sunrise


Kunming Railway Station


Airport Shuttle Bus to KMG, CNĄ25. It was the first bus of the day, leaving from Jinjiang Hotel near Kunming Railway Station at 05:14, I was lucky to have one of the last two seats


KMG arrival at 05:47


Kunming Changshui Airport






Boeing 737-700, registered B-5282

KMG runway 03 takeoff at 07:15:37






























DIG runway 16 touchdown at 08:03:01

Stopover DIG
















DIG runway 16 takeoff at 09:15:30

LXA runway 09L touchdown at 11:01:10








Airport Shuttle Bus to the city, CNĄ25

Yarlung Tsangpo River










The 38-km long Airport Expressway is the first and currently the only expressway in Tibet








Lhasa to Shigatse Railway, u/c




Liuwu Bridge across Lhasa River






Room in Lhasa International Youth Hostel


The Potala Palace

Nice TR. Some of your photos are upside-down.

May I also ask how or what program are you using to track your flight using Google Earth?