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!
xx
Night, Tuotuohe
Moonrise over the Four SIsters’ Mountains, Sichuan
Sunset over the Trola Mountains, outside Ganzi
Boy band material, Yushu
A mile of prayer stones, Bagemani, Serxu
Mani stones for sale, Yushu
A yak! Luhuo
Autumn in progress, between Danba and Bamei
Frozen reservoir at dusk, Serqu
Waiting, TIbet
Upper reaches of the Yangtze, outside Qumarleg
Amdo nomad style, Yushu
Road yaks, Serqu
We crash a wedding near Danba
A young tulku (‘living buddha’), Serxu
Sera Monastery, Lhasa
Sunset, Nagchu, Tibet
Snack time, Serxu
A Gyarong Castle, Wori
Potala Palace and reflection, Lhasa
Wolf, Serqu
A traffic jam inside a long tunnel damaged in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
The roof of Ramoche Temple, Lhasa
Behind the Potala Palace, Lhasa
The frosty road to Nam-tso
Earthquake damage, Yushu
Snowclouds, en route to Serqu
Lake Yilhun La-tso, Manigango
Yak butter lamps, Yushu
Mani stones, Nam-tso
Frosty morning in Tagong, Mt Yala in the background
Girl, Jana Mani, Yushu
Flower seller, Jana Mani, Yushu
Noodle action, Qumarleg
Day 1: Our first 4,000 metre mountain pass
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