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