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Into thin air...towards the Tibetan plateau....
This is a top pick! ... tibet they are gradually making the people a minority in their own country, we won't reherse all the arguments about china's occupation here but realistically I don't think even the most optimistic tibeten expects a chinese withdrawal... We have tried to ...
Into the Meili Xue Shan Mountains
... day in a bus, I knew better than to pass up the opportunity. It's worth noting that the public bus through the mountains to Deqin only departs every 3 days, and on any given day this time of year snow can close the pass. The ride there was a lengthy 12 ...
Deqin, Meili Snow Mountain and Mingyong Glacier
... stuff the rest in our big packs for storage until we returned. Without even having time for breakfast we were off - towards Deqin, with Kevin, Chun (Malaysian born, living in London, with an amazing command of languages - Malay, Chinese, English, ...
Ost-Tibet Tour, 1. Tag / East Tibet Tour, 1st day
... und Mike (Kanada) und wir. Wir haben zwei Allradwagen gemietet, unsere Fahrer heissen Laba (Tibet) und Yuan (China). Unsere beiden Reiseleiterinnen heissen Dazon (Tibet, aufgewachsen als Nomadenkind) und Dolkak (ausgesprochen "Doga", Tibet, aufgewachsen ...
Stuck in Deqin
Yesterday we completed our long hike back down to the hot springs and then caught a taxi to Deqin. We booked a jeep for our journey back to Shangri-la, but then disaster! It rained all night and now the road is closed because of landslides. We have to sit ...
Deqin ... on the Tibetan plateau
We jumped on a 6 hour bus from Zhongdian to Deqin, which is 3490 metres above sea level. The bus ride was even more scary than the Lijiang to Zhondian bus ride, but the scenary was even more beautiful with enormous mountains everywhere that pierce the sky ...
Falaisi temple
I m travelling this time with only the Chinese crew, I took the direction of Deqin where I thought that there was a beautiful monastery. In fact the monastery was not really a monastery but a holy mountain. They told me that we where lucky to see ...
Holy water falls
... Chinese friends organized everything to run smoothly. When we arrive in Deqin, we went for diner and when we left there was a group of 30 Tibetans dancing and playing instruments in the street. Deqin is just at the border with Tibet (maybe another ...
15 jours a velo a travers le Yunnan
Hello, Apres 15 jours de velo a travers le Yunnan, je profite de quelques jours de repos bien merites a Deqin, une petite ville de montagne ou il pleut beaucoup... C'est une experience assez incroyable de voyager a velo, bien different de tous mes ...
A bumpy journey
... on the way and we could only go with it and hope Deqin will be worth it... We didn't do much on our day in Deqin town (altitude 3250m) . Felt we needed a bit of rest after the long journey and did our best to find out some more information about the ...
Knock, knock, knockin' on Tibet's door
... des 5000m (plus haut que le Mont Blanc)et les vues sur toutes les chaînes de montagnes étaient magnifiques. La population de Deqin est à 80% Tibétaine, et nous avons croisé un barrage policier sur la route, peut-être un signe des tensions dans la ...
Holy ice lake in the Yubeng mountain
This started with a big discussion to divide the group or not in 2 parties with different speed, after a warm beginning, we decided to start all together. Part of the issue was due to my performance of yesterday: as my bag was very heavy, I could not ...
(Nearly) On to Tibet!
... Kevin's recommendation we planned to go to Fei Lei Si to get a hostel, but the South Africans had a brochure for Tashi's Tibetan between Deqin and Fei Lei Si so we tagged along with the group and grabbed a taxi there. We were greeted by two Irish guys ...
Deqin
For the first time in China I really headed into the unknown and off the beaten trail. Deqin is located in the extreme north of Yunnan, as close to Tibet as one can get, nestled in the ragged snowy peaks with an 80% Tibetan population. This was great ...
Shangri-la / Facing the Meilixueshan (6740m)
... ), where we enjoyed walking through the old cities packed with Tibetan monks and families. We then took an exhilarating 6 hours bus ride to Deqin, passing through a 4292m pass! Deqin is the highest city of Yunnan, perched at 3200m - hard to catch your ...
Trekking autour du Mekong
... sur Dequin, le point de vue etant plus difficile a designer lors des rencontres sur le chemin du retour. Selon le mari, 5 h et on est a Deqin ( il vient de faire l aller retour dans la journne pour faire des courses) ou 4 h pour Xi dang et de la, une ...
Deqin (Shangrila) Adventure (Summer Break)
This is a top pick! ... they drive you there, wait for you and drive you home again. What fun is that? I'll take my chances and stay in Mingyong. Deqin was a great little town. It is nestled in a huge valley and surrounded by hills on three sides. I was so happy to be ...
Meili Snow Mountain
From Deqin we had a simple ride around the corner for 10km to a yak farm that accepts guests, or so we heard anyway, towards Meili Snow Mountain and closer to the Tibet border. We went past what we assumed was the collection of houses that made up the ...
Almost Tibet!
... of rubble. Deqin itself is is an ugly, concrete town but we had come here to enjoy the mountain scenery. At 3500 metres, Deqin is surrounded by snowy peaks including the 6740 metre high Kawa Karpo which sits on the Yunnan-Tibet border. We were hungry ...
Minyong glacier
... clouds hanging around the tops like a top hat. the mountainous landscape was releiving to us .. we knoew now that we were in real nature. Monestry... tibet inn bus to deqin, mountains with lines running over it like veins creating patterns ...
Jul 04, 2012
Day 35 - The Two Yubongs
Wegot up early as we had alot to do today. First we got a taxi to the hotsprings at the foot of the mountain, the journey took about 1 1/2 hours and was uncomfortable as we were driving on a road that was still in the process of being built. We decided ...
memorable sleeper bus ride
... to take good care of my body... but dieting is really tough :( ok, let's not side track... the first stop was a place between deqin and shangri-la. we bought walnuts that cost only 10yuan for 500gram!!! I was tempted to buy some back home! but it's really ...
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