Qinghai Lake Embraces Bird-Loving Week

Qinghai Lake Embraces Bird-Loving Week

  Themed as “protecting wildlife and constructing a beautiful Qinghai Lake“, the 2014 “bird-loving week” of Qinghai Province, northwest China was held on the Bird Island of Qinghai Lake, May 4, 2014. Staff members from the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve Bureau and Qinghai Lake Scenic Protection Administration distributed identification manuals of wild animal species to…

May 14, 2014 BY Kunga

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A Glimpse of Lhasa Railway Station

A Glimpse of Lhasa Railway Station

  Tibet has established a three-dimensional transportation network. With the construction of highways, railways and airports, the transport conditions within and outside the region become better and better. In 2006, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway‘s opening to traffic broke the traffic “bottle-neck” on the plateau, ending Tibet’s history of no railways. As the terminal of the 1,142…

May 14, 2014 BY Kunga

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Cycle with Tibettravel.org

Cycle with Tibettravel.org

  2 of our customers arrived in Lhasa days ago. They decided to make a cycle tour in Tibet. Picture above shows they are buying a new bike in a store and camping outside. Our guide, together with them started a wonderful journey. The scenery en route is breathtaking!

May 12, 2014 BY Kunga

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Margret Cheng is travelling in Tibet

Our Client Ms.Margret Cheng in Tibet

Our client Ms. Margret Cheng from Taiwan is travelling in Tibet now, she shares her picture in front of Potala Place. Margret is 67 years old, she will travel to Everest Base Camp and spend a night here. Her trip to Tanggula Mountain Margret Cheng is in Lhasa on May 11, 2014

May 12, 2014 BY Kunga

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A Glimpse of Sakya Monastery in Tibet

A Glimpse of Sakya Monastery in Tibet

  Sakya Monastery – built in 1073 A.D. in the Sakya County of Shigatse Prefecture, the Sakya Monastery is the patriarch temple of the Sakya Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The temple was enlisted as one national key cultural relic protection site by the State Council in 1961. Taking up an area of 45,000 square kilometers,…

May 8, 2014 BY Kunga

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Magnificent Mt. Kailash

Magnificent Mt. Kailash

  Mt. Kailash, also called Gang Rinpoche, lies near Lake Manasarowar and Lake Rakshastal in Nagri of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Gang is the Tibetan word for snow peak and rinpoche is an honorific word meaning “precious one”, so the combined term can be translated into “precious jewel of snows“. It is considered a sacred…

May 7, 2014 BY Kunga

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Angela was sitting in front of the Ganden Monastery, saying “hello” to everyone.

Brave and Happly Litte Girl Travelling in Tibet

In the winter of 2013, Angela, a 7-year old girl from China, together with her parents and brother traveled across the Himalaya range. They drove from Nepla to Tibet, passing through plain, canyon and high plateau. The highest point (5300 meters above sea level) they reached was the Himalaya Observation Deck, located in the Tingri…

May 6, 2014 BY Kunga

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Craftsmanship of Tibetan Thangka Painting

Craftsmanship of Tibetan Thangka Painting

  Photo shows a Tibetan artist works on a piece of Thangka painting at the scene during an exhibition held in the National Museum of China. Altogether 65 masterpieces by Nyangbon, an inheritor of Regong Thangka, are on show from April 10 to May 13. Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province is the hometown…

May 6, 2014 BY Kunga

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