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