LuDing Bridge
JingGang Monastery in KangDing
street in XinDuQiao
crow
charcoal blocks
i need a beanie!
enroute to TaGong
Tibetan women
prayer flags in TaGong
TaGong Monastery
prayer wheels
monastery with YaLa Snow Mountain
close view of the prayer flags
another close view
look up!
turning the prayer wheels
sunset
YaLa Snow Mountain
al fresco breakfast at XinDuQiao
dough fritters with soya milk
old tower enroute to YuLObgXi
Tibetan house in YuLongXi
hiking up to calcium lake in YuLongXi
calcium lake in YuLongXi
Minya KonKa 7556m, SiChuan China
solitude, with Mount GongGa
preparing our dinner
ready to set off for the trek
morning clouds at YuLongXi
bridge leading to trailhead at YuLongXi
ascending up the LongQingMa highpass
trekking into the clouds near LongQingMa highpass
LongQingMa highpass 4550m
yak head
descending to MoXi valley
rest point before MoXi valley campsite
trekking through woods
kitchen tent at MoXivalley campsite
1st campsite dinner
enjoying the warmth of the tent
campsite at MoXi valley
crossing bridge, enroute to GongGa Monastery
lunch break, sausage gang
i want my muffins!
somemore please....
i just need an apple...
enjoying my cake
i m very hungry
split-junction before turn-off to GongGa Monastery
trail leading to BaWang Lake
look here!
descending down to GongGa Monastery
colours
GongGa salon
great weather with Mount GongGa
making a praper
super zoom in of the summit
another zoom in on summit
Minya Konka
picnic outside GonGa Monastery
dawn
clouds moving in
Minya Konka at dawn
inside GongGa Monastery
base camp trekkers
crossing the major stream
more streams
negotiating the riverbed
the long rocky trail
yes, i made it too!
finally i did it
poser
smile
chortons
view of GongGa Monastery in the background
getting real close
approaching closer to the mountain
approaching campsite
GongGa ranges
open grass patch enroute to base camp
trekkers approaching 4100m campsite
admiring this beautiful mountain
hey, what are you looking??
special stone
victory!
glacier view
yes i made it!
so do we!
taking a nap at the campsite
close up of glacier
same here
glacier near the base camp
huge glacier hole
tasting the glacier
ice tunnel
more ice
tongue of GongGa glacier
close up view of the GongGa glacier
full view of the mountain and tongue of the glacier
window to the mountains
clouds
morning mist
final view of the mountain
breaking camp and preparing to descend
mist
nature prints on stones
descending back to GongGa Monastery
welcome back the base camp trekkers team!
main hall of GongGa Monastery
continue trek to BaWang Lake
inscriptions on stones
farm at ZiMei village
girl at lower ZiMei village
our horse party, 19horses altogether
another bridge crossing
lower ZiMei village
check me out!
tibetan house at ZiMei village
Tibetan girl at ZiMei village
trekking along the valley
reaching our lunch point
enroute to BaWang Lake
QingGang trees forest
twisted
small stream
line of colours
another stream crossing
1st glimse of BaWang Lake
approaching BaWang Lake campsite
slanted
dunes at BaWang Lake
flowers
red berries
contours at BaWang Lake
prayer flags and bridge at BaWang Lake
campsite at BaWang Lake
nice and comfy
yeah, we agreed!
tell me about it!
girl at trek end point
me with the horsemen
finally, trek is finished!
wine made from kiwi fruit
chinese oranges
GongGa Monastery
embracing Mount GongGa
