A trek around Tibet's sacred Amne Machin mountain
In September 2016, my girlfriend and I met up in Xining, in Qinghai province of western China, to start off on a 12 day or so trek around...
Xining to Dawu (aka Machin): deep into Tibetan territory
stunning Qinghai scenery, my first stay in a traditional nomad tent, and altitude sickness at around 3,753 meters Days three and four...
Tibetan pilgrims and omens
... a fellow traveler, some unwelcoming herders, then some pilgrims save the day After our first night in the tent on the kora trail...
Wind horses & a night in a Tibetan culture school
in for a treat at the Anyimachen Tibetan Culture Center - a school that teaches Tibetan language and culture to students and orphans
A glimpse into life of Chinese migrant construction workers (Days 9-10)
On day 10 of our journey, we ventured higher into the hills to get as close as we could stand to the base of the cold peaks of Amne...
A glimpse of the nomad life in Qinghai China
It was late in the afternoon on the 9th day of our trek around sacred Amne Machen mountain and we still hadn't found what we were looking...
