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Merritt Wilson of Madison, Wisconsin prepared for her trip to Tibet by taking the stairs to her 18th story apartment for three months before departure. While sitting in a Tibetan foot bath, she gives pointers for surviving the 52-hour train ride from Beijing to Lhasa and dishes on everything from debating monks to the joys of drinking yak butter tea..

Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival as it’s known here, starts on the 14th, and is the most important holiday of the year here in China.

The country has been on the move for several days now, with families anxious to get home in time to celebrate. As a result, tickets of any type are harder to come by.

But two young students decided to make the journey from Changsha to Yongzhou in a much more basic fashion. Foregoing planes, trains, buses or automobiles the intrepid pair made the 250 mile journey - entirely on foot!