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Qinghai Tibetan Highway
Wends through rugged mountains and high passess, is the highest...
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Qinghai Grasslands
Herders campsite
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Qinghai Grasslands
The Highway runs alongside the pasture lands
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Ta'er Monastery, Xining
7 Stupas guard the entrance of the Ta'er Monastery, in Xining, the...
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Ta'er Monastery, Xining
One of Xining's most famous landmarks, it is also the birthplace of Tsong...
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Ta'er Monastery Xining
Displays a blend of Tibetan and Chinese architecture.
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Xining
A group of schoolchildren on an outing
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Princess Wen Cheng Memorial
Qinghai Tibetan Highway formed part of the Silk Route. Princess Wen...
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Kunlun Quan
Kunlun Quan is a natural spring whose waters refreshed Princess...
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Qinghai Hu
Qinghai Hu or Koko Nor Lake @ 3239m elevation is the largest salt...
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Gobi Desert
Skirting the Gobi desert the Highway takes us to Golmud
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Golmud
Street Scene Golmud the desert city @ 2800m
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Ascending Kunlun Shan
This road leads us to the Kunlun Shan Pass 4780m.
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Kunlun Qiao
This cleft in the Kunlun cliffside was caused by earthquake and earth movements.
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Mei Kuang Glacier
The white tongue of the glacier protrudes down the Kunlun Mountain slopes
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Kunlun Shan
Kunlun Mountains with glacier capped tops
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Kunlun Shan
This plaque marks the start of the climb to the Kunlun Mountain Pass
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Kunlun Shan Pass 4780m
The Pass is marked by a plaque flanked by a snow lion and an eagle...
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Traffic Jam on the Highway
Descending the Kunlun Mountains we are caught in an epic jam on the...
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Epic traffic jam 2
Vehicles are stuck bumper to bumper as the road ahead is closed for repairs.
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Enroute to Tangula Pass
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Tangula Snowfields
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Tangula Pass 5231m
At 5231m Tangula Pass is the highest point in the Qinghai Tibetan Highway
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Tangula Pass 5231m
At this altitude Tangula Pass is regarded as a "life...
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Tangula Pass
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Tangula Pass
Tibetans mark the high passes with prayer flags
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Enroute to Naqu
After the two high passes the road conditions improve
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Enroute to Naqu
Enroute to Naqu we pass hamlets and campsites lying in the lee of snow capped...
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Naqu Hotel
Arriving in Naqu we cross the border of Qinghai Province into Tibet. Naqu is...
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Tibetan stupas
Enroute to Lhasa the last leg of our overland journey
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Enroute to Lhasa
A campsite for Tibetan hearders
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Naqu to Lhasa
Scenery onroute
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A Tibetan campsite
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Tibetans at the Campsite
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A pyramid of Prayer Flags
Tibetans express their faith with these colourful prayer flags
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A tibetan community
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Scattering Prayers in the Wind
To give thanks just before the end of the journey we scatter these colorful...
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Yangbajing Hotsprings
This hotspring is 91km away from Lhasa and is a good spot for...
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Map of the Qinghai Tibetan Highway
Shows the route from Xining in Qinghai Province to Lhasa, Tibet
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