As expected, it’s going to be cloudy at Chengdu. No issue there as we’ll be moving out the next day. Snow showers likely to end before we arrive at Kangding on 21st Nov. Looks like we’re going to see some nice pics. Will post forecast for Litang and Daocheng closer to departure date. Check Out […]
This is the stunning, most inhospitable environment of Western Tibet. The landscape looks so barren and unforgiving that it’s difficult to imagine that a power kingdom once sat here. At various points in history after 10th century AD, the kingdom held sway over a vast area including the south-eastern part of Zanskar (India), Upper Kinnaur, […]
Mark Horrell writes a very readable account of his successful climb of Mt Everest in 2012. Their teams starts off in Kathmandu and makes the overland journey to Tibet to climb the mountain from the north. From the start, the reader may be misled into thinking that this is some parody of sorts. Horrell is […]