We made it! Despite the worryingly high chance of getting snowed in en route, we got all the way from Chengdu to Lhasa – 3,000 kilometres – with only two tyre changes, one mild case of altitude sickness and one lost-and-later-found passport. I leave Lhasa today, heading back to the oxygen-rich fug of Chengdu to defrost (with the help of some mapo tofu), and thence to Hong Kong on Tuesday.
I’m due at the airport shortly, so a full report will need to wait for a day or two, but for now, here is a photographic taster of the last fortnight’s travels…
Enjoy!
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Mani stones, Nam-tso
Upper reaches of the Yangtze, outside Qumarleg
A young tulku (‘living buddha’), Serxu
Waiting, TIbet
Lake Yilhun La-tso, Manigango
A yak! Luhuo
Boy band material, Yushu
Moonrise over the Four SIsters’ Mountains, Sichuan
We crash a wedding near Danba
Frosty morning in Tagong, Mt Yala in the background
Flower seller, Jana Mani, Yushu
Snowclouds, en route to Serqu
Wolf, Serqu
Girl, Jana Mani, Yushu
Autumn in progress, between Danba and Bamei
Amdo nomad style, Yushu
Sera Monastery, Lhasa
Snack time, Serxu
Mani stones for sale, Yushu
A mile of prayer stones, Bagemani, Serxu
A Gyarong Castle, Wori
Night, Tuotuohe
Earthquake damage, Yushu
Potala Palace and reflection, Lhasa
The frosty road to Nam-tso
The roof of Ramoche Temple, Lhasa
Behind the Potala Palace, Lhasa
Day 1: Our first 4,000 metre mountain pass
Frozen reservoir at dusk, Serqu
Sunset over the Trola Mountains, outside Ganzi
Yak butter lamps, Yushu
Road yaks, Serqu
Sunset, Nagchu, Tibet
Noodle action, Qumarleg
A traffic jam inside a long tunnel damaged in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
so nice photos 🙂
Thank you! Thanks for visiting too 🙂