Pangong Tso

The huge sea that stretches across the Chang Thang plateau between Ladakh and Tibet. Looks inviting eh? We hadnt washed for nearly 2 weeks but we weren't about to dive into the icy waters.

The 219 - The Road Sublime: Kashgar to Ali

October 9th 2007
High altitude, thin, freezing dry air; intense harsh sunlight, galeforce winds with sub-zero windchill, hundreds and hundreds of kilometres of the worst road surface imaginable; deep soft sand or gravel, rutted, corrugated dirt tracks, many stretches with no water or food for tens or hundreds of kilometres, dozens of high passes, no shower or even a wash for weeks, and nightime temperatures of -25 ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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