Blogs from Xiahe, Gansu, China, Asia - page 5

Bin in Xiahe irgendwann spaetnachmittags angekommen. Vollkommen erschoepft und muede, aber doch rastlos. Die ganze Fahrt hierher liess mich nicht zur Ruhe kommen, wuehlte mich auf. Hab dann einen langen Spaziergang gemacht und war schon wieder so ueberwaeltigt von dem was ich sah, das mir die Traenen in den Augen standen. Xiahe ist eine kleine Stadt in der ueber 50% der Einwohner Tibeter sind. Die Stadt liegt ueber 3000m hoch, und anfangs hat ich mit dem Schnaufen echt Probleme. Es gibt eine riesige Tempelanlage, mit einem Pilgerweg darin, wo sich 1174 Gebetsmuehlen zum drehen bringen lassen. Es leben in dieser Tempelanlage ueber 1000 Moenche, vor der Kulturrevolution waren es ueber 4000. Viele kleine Tempelanlagen und Universitaeten laden zum rumschlendern und verweilen ein. Und die Stadt lebt, es spielt sich soviel auf der Strasse ab, obwohl es ... read more

Sunday August 20th Another way-too early morning bus. We said goodbye to Fany and went outside as we heard the bus honking like crazy to warn travellers that he was about to leave (in 30 minutes! better hurry) and wake up the whole town. Our next destination was Xiahe, a town with the biggest tibetan monastery outside Lhasa. Most people who come to Langmusi went to Xiahe before so we knew somewhat what to expect. Most people prefered Langmusi but we decided to give Xiahe a shot anyway. The bus didn't go directly to Xiahe though so we had to transfer in Hezuo about 2 hours and a half into the trip. We weren't too sure where to get the transfer but we were told the bus to Xiahe was leaving from the other bus station ... read more

Before i say anything i want to warn everyone that this will be a boring blog! 5:00am, Tara Guesthouse I got up and felt really well. No headache, and i didn't feel like puking. After buying some bread with yak butter, i wanted to hear the sutra chants of the monks before i depart from Xiahe to Xining at 6:30pm. I went back to Labulang, leaned against the wall at the main prayer building and heard their chants. It was eerie yet peaceful. 6:30am, The bus station Great. No bus to Xining today. Looks like i won't be staying with those muslims after all. The only bus they had was to the town i hated most. Lanzhou. The town i got grabbed, groped and thrown out of my hotel. I did not want to waste another ... read more

7:00am, Linxia I was awakened by my two friends and they made sure i got on the right bus this time. They saw me off and its another five hours bus ride into the mountains. My bus broke down halfway and it took them an hour to fix it so make it SIX hours. But the view on the way up was amazing. We went up this road that is in a valley and a river runs through that valley. So in between us we were flanked by tall green mountains. I was actually excited when my bus broke down. I went out and took some photos! 1:00pm, Xiahe, Gansu Province The reason why i wanted to come here was because tibet would be too hard to reach and too out of the way. This is ... read more

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