Archive for September, 2007
The Grasslands
By Tony on September 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tagong is surrounded by the most phenomenal grasslands – it feels like we are in the middle of a green dune sea. The Tibetans above invited us to sit with them and drink yak milk diluted with hot water. The diluted milk was » Continue reading this post »
Running Out of Air
By Thomas on September 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Now that we are in higher altitudes, we are definitely aware of the lack of oxygen and are confronted with it on a daily basis. On our first night in Tagong, we were approached by an Australian woman who was frantically searching the Internet for information on altitude sickness. Apparently, her husband had » Continue reading this post »
Tagong
By Tony on September 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This little town is stunning!
I am completely blown away at how quickly we have entered the Tibetan world. Nomads on horseback, women with huge pieces of amber and silver woven into their hair, yaks everywhere – unreal.
We are staying in a Tibetan family’s house and our window overlooks a huge Tibetan temple. This morning we awoke to the sound of throaty Tibetan chanting and crazy horn blowing.
But there is a downside » Continue reading this post »
Driving to Tagong
By Thomas on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
The transition from the Chinese to the Tibetan world was swift. The dividing line was the several-kilometer-long Erlang Shan tunnel between Emei Shan and Kangding. On the Emei side, we were surrounded by lush greenery, fog and rain – on the Kangding side it was dry and the vegetation was much more sparse. More exciting than the change in landscape was the change in people once we got to Kangding. Here we saw the first “real” Tibetans among the Chinese!
Next day, we rented a car and driver who took us on » Continue reading this post »
Into Greater Tibet
By Tony on September 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We have finally arrived in Tibet – kind of.
Actually, we are in the Tibetan ethnic regions of Sichuan. Most people don’t realize » Continue reading this post »
