The project
We almost a month! Parties on May 6, we will not return until June 4 Last year, at the end of our trip in Sichuan, we had promised to return in the Tibetan region of Kham more than Chinese ...
May 10, Kangding
This is the third time that we live in this small town halfway between China and Tibet. We find the Tibetan small hotel, the same dorm as last year ...
May 11, it's snowing Tagong
Tagong We arrive at the snow and the driver of the small bus that brought us here in 4 hours has much to do because its wiper is out of service!
May 12, The Great Chorten of Daofu
At 9:00 when we left Tagong, it still snowing lightly. After the pass (3950m), the scenery becomes more lush and wooded and we are going through small villages with houses gleaming ....
Ganzi (Tibetan Garza)
This morning, there's so much to discover on the road that leads from the hotel to the great monastery that we go 1:30 for 1.5 Km What average! Ganzi is located at 3600 m but we do not suffer, our acclimation was perfect ....
The cordyceps in Ganzi
Time is terrible and we spend the day exploring the city. We visit an old monastery popular with Ganzi Tibetan Da ... Gompa
From Ganzi to Manigango
Ganzi Today we leave for a trip of 100 km to Manigango, two passes over 4000m to cross ...
Manigango
The time is uncertain, but better than yesterday, we decided a trip to Xilun Hai Lake Xinlu Chinese, Tibetan Yulhin Latso. We share a taxi with five young Chinese and quickly join the park entrance at 15 km ...
Dege
Back in Manigango village, we meet a memorable crew: two monks in the prime of life, well built and well shod escorting a nun aged and disabled ...
Dege, monasteries
We go heavily into the streets of the Tibetan district overlooking Dege, then back down, we take the wrong alignment of monasteries. The first meeting is the monastic college. He is very tall and from the entry, is the shock: a cloister!
Dege, printing
Imprimerie (Derge Parkhang) is an annex of the monastery visited yesterday. It dates from 1730. The building is considered a religious building because the Tibetans, large numbers turned around, praying ...
Dege to Baiyue
Yesterday we negotiated the transfer to Baiyue mini-van: 300 yuan (30 euros) per 100 km, 3 hours away. Indeed, there is no bus connection between the two cities ...
Katoka
Today we climb to the monastery of Katoka. It is located in the mountains at 4000 meters, isolated, inaccessible. I read a few snippets on the Internet that described After this side of the world ...
Baiyu
Day Off, Forced. There is no bus to continue our path: the next is tomorrow at 6:30! Hoping to find him in celebration, I decided to return to the monastery of Baiyue ...
Return
We come at 6:20 to start the bus, it is a small grocery store that serves as a bus station, the bus is nearly full and many passengers waiting to buy tickets! The seats will be expensive ...
