Day: 285 I am at home now after the last seven weeks wandering about China, Tibet and Mongolia. I was less than impressed with the northern region of China, but as a gateway to the amazing places in Tibet and Mongolia it was a necessary evil. Here are some of my favorites from the last [...]
Day: 264 850 Kilometers; thats how my day was spent. I also started planning out how to make it to Mongolia for a reasonable price. It looks like I’ll spend tomorrow in Xining booking a flight to Beijing (around $100) then a night in Beijing, followed by the first 30 hour leg of the Trans-Siberian [...]
Day: 263 Waking up early and hungover in Dege (my birthday was a success!), we wanted to get started back in the direction of Xining. Our tour was going to be cut short by a couple of days, but since everyone had somewhere else to get going (think Mongolia) it wasnt too big of a [...]
Day: 262 Alright, today is my 28th birthday and I am celebrating in a the little town of Dege with excessive amounts of vodka mixed with high altitude! Should be a great combo… On another note, I have been averaging 1500 hits a day on this site lately, so I know you are all out [...]
Day: 260 After a day of driving across endless passes and plains we ended up in the tiny town of Manigango, which reminded me of something out of the wild west. A single street, not many people, and when my big white ass walked down it, it was a mixture of stares and “hello”s from [...]
Day: 259 Sometimes a rare day occurs where it all just seems to come together photographically for me; i.e. great skies, spectacular subjects, vultures, and (of course) me not being hungover or feeling like shit. Today happened to be one of those remarkable days. We visited a number of Tibetan monasteries, temples, a locals families [...]
Day: 258 More passes, more prayer flags, more headaches (although they are getting better!), more nomads, some prayer rocks, and snow!
Day: 257 The desolation of Tibet reminds me of Patagonia in many ways; very few people, lots of livestock – but then you hike a hundred feet, try breathing and realize you can’t. Pushing our way up to 4400 meters (14520ft.) today was hard on me, especially after I felt like I had just got [...]
Day: 256 It feels like a vice is on my brain. It’s only the first day at 3500 meters (11550ft) and my head feels like it is cracking and my body is struggling with what feels like a fever. We made it into Chabcha later in the afternoon after a full day of driving, and [...]
Day: 255 Nimrod looks over at us and all he says with a grin is “Jesus’ is bigger.” Proud once again that Israel has something better that the rest of the world. He was of course comparing the Dali Lama’s birthplace to Jesus’ (who supposedly has a big church). I did finally managed to get [...]
