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The Red Line is the route
traveled from Xi-Ning, Qinghai to
Mount Everest base-camp in Tibet
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The Qinghai-Tibetan
Plateau With its glacier-covered mountains
seen here from the plane, it is often called
the Roof of the World due to its high altitude
(average 4,000 m or 12,000 ft.) ???????
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Mountain roads are usually winding along
hillsides ???????????????
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View while driving as if you were
flying in mid air ????
Scary if you look down ????????
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Improvised traffic sign (reads blow
horn) ????????
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Where bridges are not sturdy enough for cars
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the only way to cross the river is
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Of course not every attempt was
successful ?????????
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Even paved roads can be hazardous
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You are sharing the road with everyone and
everything ????????
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including these pilgrims who
prostrate themselves all the way to their
sacred destinations ????????????
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This vast grassland called Kekexilli along
Kunlun Mountain is home to these Tibetan
antelopes almost poached to extinction for their
luxurious fur
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My close encounter with a Tibetan antelope
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Tibetan gazelle ?? (???????,?????)
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Tibetan eagle ??
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Qinghai Lake the largest lake in China
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Blossom along the shore of Qinghai Lake
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Tanggula Pass (altitude 5,200 m or 15,600
ft) at the border between Qinghai and
Tibet ????????(???????) ?????????
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This is the land of big sky, mountains and lakes
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Sometimes it is hard to tell where land ends and
sky begins
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Lake Nam Co (altitude 4,700 m or
14,100 ft) is the largest
sacred lake in Tibet ???? (???????)
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Lake Yamzho Yumco (altitude 4,440 m or 13,320
ft) is another beautiful
sacred lake ????? (???????) ??????????
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This part of the Himalayas looks like the rain
forest ?????????
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Nyingchi area
is particularly lush shown
here along Nyang River - a tributary of
Yarlungzangbo ????(???? -
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The mighty Yarlungzangbo River
nourishes the northern slope of the Himalayas
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Yarlungzangbo Canyon (seen here from the
plane), the deepest land canyon on earth,
remains largely inaccessible. Through this
canyon, the Yarlungzangbo River
flows south to become the
Bramaputra River in India
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Chinas mighty Yangtze River originates
from glacial melt similar to
this one in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau
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So does Lancang River (the source of the
Mekong River) seen here
flowing by the city of Qamdo ???????.
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and Nu River (the source of the
Salween River which empties into
the Indian Ocean through Myanmar) seen here in
eastern Tibet ?? ??????.
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Mount Everest - local name Qumolangma
Finally a clear view (summit altitude 8,848 m or
26,500 ft) ???????? (???? 8,848?)
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Highland barley is the main crop grown here
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Beautiful barley fields in Denqen, eastern Tibet
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August is harvest time Winter starts early in
Tibet ???????
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Nomads like to live close to a river
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Nomads tent (this one woven with yak fur) and
his dog (Tibetan Mastiff ) ???
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Some go solar ????????
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Yaks are the only beasts of burden which can
tolerate the high altitude and
freezing weather ??????????, ???????????
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White yak is a symbol of luck
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Yaks are raised also for meat and milk
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milk for making the popular salty milk tea
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The sign reads tea house, in both Tibetan
(top) and Chinese (bottom)
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Yak dung is burned as fuel ????????
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Green pastures are abundant in Qinghai (the name
means green sea) Ideal
grazing ground for yaks, horses
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and sheep ????
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Typical homes of the peasants ?????
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Friendly smiles ???????
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The young ???
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Students walking to school ????????
Curious ??
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Strong ultra-violet at high altitude takes
a toll on their skin
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Tibetan Medicine traditionally relies heavily on
pulses for diagnosis
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Tibetan medicine ??
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Images of Buddha are everywhere ????????
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