Trekking near Tibet

It has been a week since I have had access to the internet....hell, it has been a week since I have had electricity! we have been trekking the mountainous area between the Yunnan and Tibet provinces. The small villages do not have electricity and the bathrooms are usually just a shed with a hole in the ground. Surprisingly, the do have solar hot water heaters so we are able to shower but that is usually in a shed with either mud and/or wooden planks for a floor. The food as well has been ify....not much meat and thus only vegetables, eggs, bread and noodles....after a few days, I was starting to go nuts so I stuck to multivitamins and cookies/cakes that I had with me.

The trekking has been some of the hardest I have ever done. Hours of walking up, up, up, up and up winding dustymuddy paths littered with horse/donkey/mule crap! But when you reach the top, the views area amazing and it make the hikes worth while.

The following pictures are from our bus rides (and stops) to Zhongdian, Dexin, Feilai Si, XiDan and then our trek to Yeubang (where we trekked to a waterfall), our hike to the Mingyong Glacier and our trip back to Zhongdian (where I am now on July 7th).

I hope everyone is doing well.

Larry

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