Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Day 9: Danba To Garzê
Alex and I met Gal at the bus station where we tried to buy 2 tickets to Ganzi aka Kandze. Gal was on the bus with us. There was another fireworks when the bus was about to start for Ganzi. It took us 11 hours to reach there. The bus stopped a few times at […]
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Day 8: Zhonglu Tibetan Village
As the hotel owner told us to go to the Zhonglu Tibetan Village at 8 AM, we went downstairs on time. However, we had to wait for 1 hour for an Aussie couple. The Aussie couple were old, but they were nice. They talked to us a lot, about their trips to Eastern Europe and […]
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Day 7: Tagong Grassland To Danba
We got up very early, then packed up and went downstairs. At 9 or so, we checked out. At 10 AM, we went out to find a bus or minivan to Ganzi. There was none. Even though it rained, many people didn’t leave Tagong. Maybe they all headed to the horse festival somewhere. So we […]
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Day 6: Tagong Grassland
We woke up early at 6:30 AM, had some peanuts for breakfast, then trekked the Tagong mountains with my sandals. I have to admit that my sandals were not made for going on dam places like these grass fields. Sometimes, I had to jump over or Alex had to lift me up to pass. He […]
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Day 5: Kangding To Tagong Grassland
I got up early. Knowing that Alex didn’t have a good night sleep the day before, I didn’t wake him up. Waiting bored me so I decided to go down the hill to buy some dumplings. Yesterday, I wanted to try the cable car, but today I had to cancel it because Alex woke up […]