24 september 2023, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
My plan so far:
Fly to China and visit 2,5 days Beijing, continue to Xining to take the night train to Lhasa. Travel 2 weeks through Tibet including a 3 days trek around Mt. Kailash. Continue to myMeer informatie
ChinaQinghai ShengXining36°37’11” N 101°48’45” E
28 september 2023, China ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Riding a night train was one point on my vision board for 2023. Going to Tibet was on my bucket list. So why not combining both of it?! Here I am, sitting/lying on my upper bunk bed in a night train,Meer informatie
ChinaTibet Autonomous RegionJibenggangJokhang29°39’13” N 91°7’60” E
29 september 2023, China ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I made it to Lhasa/Tibet or should I better say Lhasa/China? Apparently Tibet nowadays belongs to China.
Short summery about the history of Tibet:
It grew into a great military power and carved forMeer informatie
ChinaTibet Autonomous RegionSelagunbaSera29°41’48” N 91°7’57” E
30 september 2023, China ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Sera was founded in 1419 by Sakya Yeshe, a disciple of Tsongkhapa also known by the honorific title Jamchen Chöje. In its heyday, Sera hosted five colleges of instruction, but at the time of theMeer informatie
ChinaTibet Autonomous RegionJibenggang29°39’24” N 91°7’10” E
1 oktober 2023, China ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Lhasa’s cardinal landmark and home to every Dalai Lama from the fifth to 14th, the Potala is one of the great wonders of world architecture. As has been the case with centuries of pilgrims beforeMeer informatie
ChinaTibet Autonomous RegionLhasa ShiDagar29°19’59” N 90°41’12” E
2 oktober 2023, China ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Today was our first day in the direction of Kailash. We passed the Gampala Pass (4.790m) and stopped at the Yamdrok Lake (4.400m). We continued our drive to the Karola Glacier viewpoint (5.000m) andMeer informatie
ChinaTibet Autonomous RegionZhashilunbu29°16’9” N 88°52’8” E
2 oktober 2023, China ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
About 250km southwest of Lhasa and 90km northwest of Gyantse lies Shigatse (Rìkāzé), Tibet’s second-largest town and the traditional capital of Tsang province. Shigatse is a modern, sprawlingMeer informatie
3 oktober 2023, China
For foreign travellers, Everest Base Camp has become one of the most popular destinations in Tibet, offering the chance to gaze on the magnificent north face of the world’s tallest peak, Mt Everest.Meer informatie
ChinaTibet Autonomous RegionZhuzhu29°52’8” N 83°46’59” E
5 oktober 2023, China ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
ChinaTibet Autonomous RegionBaga31°0’55” N 81°15’34” E
6 oktober 2023, China ⋅ ☀️ -1 °C
Mount Kailash considered being central of the world and the holy snow peak for Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Bon. Thousand of pilgrimages go there every year walking around the peak but it is neverMeer informatie
