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