Langmusi, Gansu, China Travel Blogs

Lamaseries
Jul 1, 2004 (5 photos)

... . I am not too sure that that was a bad thing. Xiahe Xiahe is another monastery town, with a more famous monastery than Langmusi. In fact the biggest Tibetan monastery outside of Tibet. The town is clearly split into a Tibetan section, a Hui Muslim ...

Langmusi, Gansu
Aug 19, 2007

... of some 3,000 meters in the mountains of western China, and literally straddling the Gansu-Sichuan border, the rustic, plank-rooftop settlement of Langmusi, and the two glittering Buddhist temples of which the town architecturally and spiritually ...

Sky burial!
May 16, 2006

witnessing a skyburial in the morning, haggling a ride on to Zoige and Songpan

Out of breath in Jiuzhaigou
Jul 25, 2009 (30 photos)

24.07.09 Hello all We are currently en route from Langmusi to Juizhaigou, which means crossing from Gansu province in to Sichuan province. We decided to take a private minibus to save time, as the alternative takes 3 different buses to get there, which ...

Heading North
Aug 22, 2006 (7 photos)

So after we recovered from our slightly tender behinds, we travelled to a town bordering the Sichuan and Gansu provinces, Langmusi. This was one of the best drives so far: we got a 4x4 to take us the 6 hour journey over what was the bleakest scenery we've ...

Horse trekking in Langmusi
Jul 23, 2009 (33 photos)

... down now after the ride, but it was worth it. Afterwards, we made friends with some Chinese girls who ran a little restaurant in Langmusi - I ordered beef and tomato stew, which turned out to be the best food I have had in China so far. And then we wrote ...

God damn nomads
Jul 22, 2009 (22 photos)

... are different and generally the people here have not seen many white people. Celebrities just get strared at for nothing! In Langmusi, there are hardly any westerners or at any of the places we have been so far, which is in stark comparison to ...

COLD and VERMIN!!!!!!
May 1, 2006 (31 photos)

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Langmusi, Gansu
Jun 25, 2006

5 hour bus to Langmusi

Langmusi, Tatsang Lhamo
Apr 23, 2006 (7 photos)

Langmusi, Tatsang Lhamo

Langmusi
May 8, 2006 (10 photos)

... task is made 10x harder. We had a nice room in the GH so all in all it was a very successful but tedious day. Day 2 in Langmusi was good. We went to a monestary as Olga was hoping to seee a dead person get eaten by eagles but unfortunatly for her but ...

Tashi Dele!
Jul 31, 2007 (9 photos)

... - so he had to eat! It was a little wierd at the beginning when we heard that the trek will take place in Gansu province, since Langmusi is located in the provincial area of Sichuan province. How can it be possible? Well, in the northern side of town there ...

Sky Burial (not for the faint hearted)
Aug 27, 2006 (6 photos)

A much more palatable town was Langmusi a few hours south. Smaller and also full of monks we were pleasantly surprised when roaming around in the monastry grounds we came across a Sky Burial site. No ceremony was taking place and usually it's forbidden for ...

Runs Forest Runs
Aug 8, 2006 (8 photos)

... right at the t-intersection and walk past Leisha's Cafe there are heaps of small Chinese Guesthouses. Best place is easily the Langmusi Hotel though. Most foreigners stay there and like I said, heaps of info too! EATING: this day...didn't eat! ...

Langmusi - Place of Sky Burials
Jun 12, 2005 (8 photos)

... windows. We finally arrived after a 3 hour or so and were met with a really cool little village. We checked ourselves into the Langmusi hotel for 10Y a night (thats 70p). I finally got a shower (the water was off in Songpan!) and then went to Leisha's cafe ...

Langmusi
Apr 20, 2007 (12 photos)

After having a very interesting breakfast, we met our Tibetan guides who where very nice guys and we headed off int the mountains on horseback. The reason we where trekking here was to see the Ice Mountains and to meet the Tibetan communities on the edge ...

zoige
Nov 9, 2004

... , koennte man sagen.... Ich bin gestern ausversehen ueber ein nest des Namens Radumbawars gestolpert...das kam so... 8.11. hab versucht, Langmusi zu verlassen Bus faehrt 7:00...6:30 raus, eisige Kaelte...7:00 kein Bus, 8:00 Uhr ein Bus, aber genug Leute ...

Homestay
Aug 28, 2007 (7 photos)

After along bus ride, we stopped off at a small town to listen to a Tibetan singer at an old school.  Tibetan singing is very different but this guy could really sing.  I bought his dvd/cd so everyone can listen back home! Then we headed out ...

Labrang to Langmusi
Mar 11, 2007 (3 photos)

... the air. After a Tibetan bread and chip 'butty' (mmmm) we left Labrang, seeing our first yaks on the journey. Stayed in Langmusi Hotel, and went to Leishas cafe for dinner and sampled her famous 'apple pie'. Also, she has on offer the Big Mac Yak ...

Langmusi
Aug 27, 2007 (21 photos)

... really do anything except eat dinner (celebrate Pippa's Birthday) and have a much needed shower. There are two rival monasteries in Langmusi.  We only looked at one of them, so I can't really tell which one is superior.  Today I finally ...