KATHMANDU (chinaview.cn) - As a journalist based in Nepal, Sudeshna Sarkar was excited when the world's highest railway service connecting Beijing with Lhasa was inaugurated two years ago. "I wished I could have been part of the first historic journey but was unable to go," she said, when interviewed by Xinhua on Monday. However, three years later, when she received an invitation from the Chinese government to visit Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, she was "thrilled." "It was like a dream coming true," the Indian journalist said. "Tibet is a dream destination for Indians. Every year, thousands of Indian pilgrims brave high altitude sickness and the biting cold to undertake the parikrama of the sacred Kailash mountain in Tibet." More>>
