tibetan house kitchen

Trekking Trip to Mt. Minya Konka(7)

The Tibetan village we are going to stay overnight. The Tibetan family’s cat The top of hill near the village White cloud as sleeping Buddha Our tour guide Our horse carrying the luggage but actually they are donkeys. The house we stayed overnight. Inside of the house Stove is the meaning of Tibetan people’s life…

August 20, 2013 BY Kunga

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Tibetan children in Sichuan

Trekking Trip to Mt. Minya Konka(6)

Grassland full of wild flowers A closer look at the wild flower on the grassland The valley we passed through A pass we need to cross over The valley over the pass and we stayed overnight in the valley Rainbow is very common on the plateau Marmots are very common in these area and Tibetan…

August 6, 2013 BY Kunga

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river

Trekking Trip to Mt. Minya Konka(5)

This red thing is a kind of gem, which is very sensitive to pollution and the existence of this gem shows clean air here. The trekking path goes along this valley and you can see our horse carrying the luggage and we stayed overnight not far this site. Mountain slide Radix et Rhizoma Rhei Snow…

August 6, 2013 BY Kunga

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Alpine plant

Trekking Trip to Mt. Minya Konka(4)

Nice valley Trekking path Snow-capped mountain Alpine plants are plants that grow in the alpine climate, which occurs at high elevation and above the tree line. Alpine plants grow together as a plant community in alpine tundra. Alpine plants are not a single taxon. Rather, many different plant species live in the alpine environment. These…

August 2, 2013 BY Kunga

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Ongkor Festival 2013 reporting live in Tibet

“Ongkor” in Tibetan means “surrounding the farmland.” Major activities include horse racing, shooting, singing and dancing, Tibetan Opera, stone holding and wrestling. The “Ongkor” not only shows people’s wish for a good harvest, but also a good time for them to rest. Since crops ripen in different times, the festival is held accordingly. Our tour…

August 2, 2013 BY Kunga

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Kangding

Trekking Trip to Mt. Minya Konka(3)

We are approaching Kangding and snow capped mountains appear. A hydropower plant down to Kangding. A sculpture at the gateway to Kangding. Kangding Township. 60km west of Chengdu, Kangding is the county seat of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture[TAP]. The fairly large town is cradled in a steep valley with a collection of modern concrete buildings…

July 29, 2013 BY Kunga

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Tibet Family Lhasa

the longest thank you letter

Dear Ms.Dawn We still have fond memories about our trip to Nepal,Tibet and China. First of all we like to thank you for all your efforts to make this journey possible.you did a great job and we were very content. We are thinking you might be interested to hear how we did and so we…

July 26, 2013 BY Kunga

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Chengdu to Lhasa by bike

Trekking Trip to Mt. Minya Konka(2)

On the first day we took public bus at Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station and it took about 8 hours for 330KM and this was at Ya’an, City of Rain. In China young men always have an idea, “Ride to Lhasa!”, in summer holiday, thousands of Chinese colleague students ride bikes from Chengdu to Lhasa through…

July 26, 2013 BY Kunga

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Derek Wong

Trekking Trip to Mt. Minya Konka(1)

The story about the wonderful trekking trip of three men to Mt.Minya Konka in mid Jul 2011, Mr.Micheal, Mr.Derek Wrong and Mr.Chou About Mt.Minya Konka  Straddling in the rugged western part of Sichuan and towering to a height of 7,556 m, Mt. Minya Konka (“Gongga Shan”in Chinese) is the highest mountain of Hengduan Range and claimed…

July 26, 2013 BY Kunga

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burn their oblation

A day around the Bakhor Street

The smoke from incense is everywhere and over the sacred shrine with its divine smell. The Johkang Temple was crowded with men and women in traditional costume with strong faith and belief. Sounds of murmuring mantras are in every mouth of faithful devotees to maintain peace and prosperity in humanity. Moreover, the feeling of strong…

July 26, 2013 BY Kunga

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