Tour Beijing Journal
Field notes from Beijing and beyond: routes, photos, small cautions, and practical ideas for travelers who like to know the road before they go.
Around 3:40 pm, 13 October, we leave the earthly paradise - Pudacuo ( or Potatso 普达措 ), and drive up to the road back to the downtown of Shangri-la an...
Around 6:00pm, 11 October, we leave the first checkpoint in the downtown of Mangkang, or Markam (芒康), then branch off National Highway G318 and enter...
ABC of Mangkang Around 3:45 pm after a brief break at the filling station in Xiaqionzhen in BatangCounty (巴塘), we again start up our trip along G318 w...
Give up Yading temporarily due to the unsual weather Today is 11 October, and last night we arrived at Daocheng (稻城) safe and sound, but in pretty low...
At noon, 10 October, we grab some lunch at a raucous Sichuan restaurant in Litang Town The roadside restaurant is swarm with dinners who are just like...
The low elevation of Yajiang (雅江) did give us a good sleep last night. Early this morning, 10 October, we continue our self-drive west along the Natio...
Around 3:40 pm, 09 October, we start leaving Xinduqiao Town (新都桥镇). Mr.Chen fires up his engine and rolls his white beast and again picks up the Natio...
The Origin of "Jiarong (Gyarong རྒྱལ་རོང་)" Jiarong Tibetans are one of branches of the ethnic Tibetans, and now living mainly in Danba area. There ar...
Four Tibetan Traditional Regions There are the four following Tibetan traditional regions: 1) U-Tsang in the central region of Tibet 2) Ngari in the f...
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