Langmusi archive: Tibetan town on the Sichuan-Gansu border. Scenic photos, Buddhist wisdom, solitude, and personal travel reflections.
💸💪😉 Making money is an ability, spending money is a technology. I have a limited ability, but a high technology. // 赚钱是一种能力，花钱是一种技术。我能力有限，技术却很高。 Zhuànqián shì yī zhǒng nénglì, huā qián shì yī zhǒng jìshù. Wǒ nénglì yǒuxiàn, jìshù què hěn gāo. // Trám tiền thị nhất chủng năng lực, hoa tiền thị nhất chủng kỹ thuật. […]
Part 1: Chengdu to Hanoi At 8 in the morning, I went downstair to have breakfast at the hostel restaurant. But I opted for a dish of Taiwan rice instead of the buffet. I decided to stay inside for the whole morning because I’d get tired of waiting at the airport later. I checked out […]
⏳🌅💪 2020 is only 6 months away. Everyone is struggling, please don’t fall. // 半年之后迎来2020年。每个人都在挣扎，请你千万别倒下。 Bànnián zhīhòu yíng lái 2020 nián. Měi gèrén dōu zài zhēngzhá, qǐng nǐ qiān wàn bié dào xià. // Bán niên chi hậu nghênh lai 2020 niên. Mỗi cá nhân đô tại tránh trát, thỉnh nhĩ thiên vạn biệt đảo […]
I didn’t know that I saw the Hui mosque the day I arrived in Langmusi. It was on the right side of the monastery near the bus stop and on the way to the hill that I trekked in that evening. I found out when I saw the photos I took that day. Before getting […]
[Tiếng Việt ở phần dưới] Langmusi was very dusty even in the early morning because janitors in their full workwear with masks and long gloves sweeping everywhere. I could only see their eyes and their beautiful feather brooms. I started for what I thought the Sichuan side of the town, but couldn’t find the Hui […]
🕒😔🌸 Life is too short to remember forever. // 人生苦短何必念念不忘。 Rénshēng kǔ duǎn hébì niànniànbùwàng. // Nhân sinh khổ đoản hà tất niệm niệm bất vong. // Cuộc đời ngắn lắm việc gì phải nhớ mãi không quên. P.s.: Picture taken in Langmusi, Sichuan and Gansu, China in 2019.
Really, Langmusi (Taktsang Lhamo according to Tibetans) was out of my initial plan. This was somewhere unplanned. Its name wasn’t in my last plan sheet in May. It was somehow a last minute decision. It turned out to be the best place of the journey. As we all stayed in one room with 2 beds, […]
After one third of the journey, I discovered that I was able to buy a ticket, make a reservation, ask for directions, order food, etc. with my improving Chinese. Though the bus departed at 10:00AM, it reached Zoigê Grassland aka Ruoergai Marsh at 12:30PM. As I was at a higher place than Songpan, I saw […]