Month: January 2014

With an elevation of 5,068 metres (16,627 ft) above sea level, Tanggula railway station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, is the highest railway station in the world.

It went into service on July 1, 2006.

Those who took their oxygen

• Felix Bossert
• Walter_V_R
• Eloy Cano
• steve willis
• hhgygy
• Chris Nason
• Phil Ower
• mccrumplair
• Garfield
• Lighthouse
• Jill K
• rob de wolff
• krenek
• mehmet durmus
• Nickjd

– Hint –

• donaaronio
• ACG
• Gillian B
• Ashwini Agrawal
• Ann K.
• Cloudspotter
• DannyS
• Ralph
• mehtab sond
• Fred A
• steven simmons
• Charley Seavey
• Sarah G.
• Wista
• Paul Voestermans

You won’t find them any higher

We celebrated the beginning of 2014 with a small community in Wales which is not only famous for its local pub called the Dyffryn Arms (better known as Bessie’s pub) but also because they celebrate New Years day on January 13, as they still use the Julian calendar here.

Those who celebrated New Year a tad early:

• steve willis
• hhgygy
• Eloy Cano
• Lighthouse
• Garfield
• Phil Ower
• Chris Nason
• mccrumplair
• Walter_V_R
• krenek

– Hint –

• DannyS

Are you celebrating New Year today?
Well, here they don’t. Not yet that is, but they will in a few days.

Happy New Year!