Tagebuch

In the morning, we briefly visited Terdom Monastery before heading back through the beautiful mountains to Lhasa – a stretch, wild and uplifting, a contrast between spirituality and nature. Upon arrival, we promptly used up all the hot water in the ...

After a night at Reting Monastery, we continued across the Tibetan Plateau to Drigung Monastery – a journey wild and exciting, through an impressive landscape, a contrast between freedom and restriction. Our guide’s mood here was strange and ...

After a cold night at Lake Nam Tso, we got up early in the morning to find a beautiful spot for sunrise – a start wild and challenging, with thin high-altitude air making the climb to the nearby mountain just before sunrise exhausting, a contrast ...

After a few nights in Lhasa, we headed out of the capital back into the highlands. Our first stop after a five-hour drive was Nam Tso Lake, at about 4,700 meters the highest saltwater lake in the world – a destination wild and majestic. Along the ...

The next morning, we got up long before sunrise to take photos of the pilgrims at Barkhor Square in the cold — a start wild and determined, a contrast between frost and devotion. After breakfast, we took a day trip outside of Lhasa to the Tsurphu ...