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The trek to Indus Source

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The trek to Indus source takes about 8 – 9 days from Darchen to Darchen, covers a distance around 190 km with verage altitude of 5600m on foot, and 5200m for camping; It possibly requires more hours to hit the road each day if you cannot walk fast enough on one day on such harsh and high altitude envirment;

The trek to Indus Source

The valley that leads to the trail onto Indus source

The land before Senge-phuk

The land before Senge-phuk

Senge phuk has a lot of rocks that look like human faces

Senge phuk has a lot of rocks look like human faces

Trekking to Indus Source

Trekking to Indus Source

The Nomad and their sheeps camp near to Indus river souce

The Nomad and their sheeps camp near to Indus river souce

tibetan nomads that live in the west Tibet

Tibetan nomads that live in the west Tibet

A flower grows in the wild on the land near Indus River

A flower grows in the wild on the land near Indus River

The Mt. Kailhash from another vlley approaching from Indus River source

The Mt. Kailhash from another vlley approaching from Indus River source

Flood in Sichuan

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The recent heavy rain has caused some landslides and flood in the west, and northwest of Chengdu; the areas that have problems are the counties of Wenchuan, Beichuan…etc, these are areas between Chengdu and Jiuzhai valley; especially the areas of Wenchuan, Maoxian counties;

The road leads to Kangding via Shimian has been temporarily blocked due to one part of the road was washed out by the flood, the road will be available maybe in the middle of this week;

for the moment, the only way to get to Kngding via land is from Chengdu to Yaan, then through Tian’quan to Mt. Erlang;

Among Warriors

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Tibet, many people think that this is an hugh plateau located in the vast land of the central Tibet, which is also called as “Tibet Autonomous Region” nowadays; indeed there are some other parts of the ancient tibet are unknown to this world, such as Kham , Amdo.
A book “Among Warriors” provide you a great information; the author, Dr. Pmela Logan, An aerospace scientist inspired by her study of martial arts embarks on a journey to investigate warrior tribes in eastern Tibet, and her quest for knowledge leads her on a thrilling trek, and bike riding in the eastern tibet of Kham;

Among Warriors
Among Warriors

Tibet Travel Permit’s application need more days

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According to updated confirmation by Tibet Tourism Board that a 20 days advance is minimum for applying Tibet Travel permits, The required documents, such as: passport copy, Nepal travel agent detail; for those who enter Tibet from Nepal (either by land or by flight), China travel visa is not required and it will be applied together with Tibet travel permits

For details please read this article

Aba travel

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Aba county is a small town approximately 550km northwest from Chengdu. In Tibetan, it is also Ngawa City, located on the eastern Edge of Tibetan plateau at an elevation of 3,200 meters. There are about 70,000 inhabits living in the city and the territories around the township; Towards south, the valley is covered by grassland and forests; whenever in Winter and Summer time, the travel to this area is very convenient;

Aba travel include the visit to the 37 monasteries that are scattered around the town, two of the largest ones are in Aba township; one is Geerdeng monastery, is a Gelugpa monastery on the northwestern edge of the town, and houses now about 2,500 monks; and the only found Jonangpa tradition of Gelukpa sect, is found in the eastern end of this town called: Setenling monastery, being built in the 13th-14th centuries, and reconstituted in the late 19th century

There are four main festivals are celebrated annually, of which are:

  • Great Prayer Festival January 8 to January 15 according to Tibetan calendar
  • Aba Monk Festival June 11 to June 17 according to Tibetan calendar
  • Zachang Festival September 15 to September 17 according to Chinese lunar calendar
  • Horse Race Festival Middle of July according to Chinese lunar calendar