In the last 10 days we have been travelling with a great-great travelmate. This Australian guy, Alex, accompanied us on our way to another Tibetan adventure from Songpan, where we met on the horse trek, to Yushu, approaching the Tibetan (TAR) border from the north this time. Well, not only the travel mate was great, we had a great time in a Tibe...

Turns out, my trip through Tibet really started when I left the Autonomous Region of Tibet. From Xining I jumped on a sleeper bus (you know, the one with three rows of double decked beds) which carried me on a 20 hour journey through the grass lands of Quinghai to Yushu. The LP says that Yushu is one of the remotest corners of one of the remotes...

We have arrived to Yushu at 3 o'clock in the morning instead of 8.

Due to my continuing foolish trust in the Lonely Planet, I was expecting a 24 hour bus ride to Yushu, which would bring me in at a nice and respectable 11ish in the morning - perfect for wandering around, finding somewhere to stay, and locating the bus station to get an onward ticket. It was only 16 hours. Now, don't get me wrong, I've got no pr...

This is my second and final week here in Yushu. I've adjusted to the altitude, time change, food, and culture, so I was right that this week was going to be better than the first. My students are having more fun with me in class. Most of them are becoming experts in the topics I'm teaching them. Thus, I am having more fun, too. We're playing gam...