ABC of Mangkang Around 3:45 pm after a brief break at the filling station in Xiaqionzhen in BatangCounty (巴塘), we again start up our trip along G318 west for our next destination – Mangkang (芒康 ) in Tibet. Mangkang is also known as Markham or Karkam in Tibet, a county under the administration of Qamdo City (昌都) in the Tibet…
Give up Yading temporarily due to the unsual weather Today is 11 October, and last night we arrived at Daocheng (稻城) safe and sound, but in pretty low spirits, seeing through the hotel room windows it was snowing outside, wet and chilly. While dining at the canteen in our lodging hotel, one of the staff members told…
At noon, 10 October, we grab some lunch at a raucous Sichuan restaurant in Litang Town The roadside restaurant is swarm with dinners who are just like us, mostly using Litang as a jump-off point to further go south ( Daocheng 稻城 or Yading), west ( Tibet ) or east ( Kangding or Chengdu ). ABC of Litang…
The low elevation of Yajiang (雅江) did give us a good sleep last night. Early this morning, 10 October, we continue our self-drive west along the National Highway G318 from Yajiang (雅江) to Litang ( 理塘), where we are going to head south to get to our final destination today – Daocheng (稻城). Yajiang to Litang Road Trip The…
Plan your Chongqing tour? Chongqing is one of the four municipalities in southwestern China. Chongqing boasts rich tourist resources in terms of history, culture, art and natural landscape. As one of the “Three Furnaces”, summer in Chongqing can be extremely hot and humid. Chongqing has a humid subtropical climate, with the two-season monsoonal variations typical…
Around 3:40 pm, 09 October, we start leaving Xinduqiao Town (新都桥镇). Mr.Chen fires up his engine and rolls his white beast and again picks up the National Highway G318 and drives west for our tonight’s destination – Yajiang County (雅江县). Xinduqiao to Yajiang Road Trip We choose to continue driving for extra 72km from Xinduqiao Town (Xinduqiaozhen…
The Origin of “Jiarong (Gyarong རྒྱལ་རོང་)” Jiarong Tibetans are one of branches of the ethnic Tibetans, and now living mainly in Danba area. There are two origins for the word “Jiarong”(嘉绒) , also go by “Gyarong རྒྱལ་རོང་”. One means “Jia Mo Cha Wa Rong” (嘉莫察瓦绒), or simplified as “Jiarong”, an old administrative region referring to the area surrounding the sacred mountain known…
Four Tibetan Traditional Regions There are the four following Tibetan traditional regions: 1) U-Tsang in the central region of Tibet2) Ngari in the far west region of Tibet 3) Kham in the west of Sichuan4) Amdo in Qinghai. So, Kham is one of the four Tibetan traditional regions. Jiarong Tibetans ( Gyarong Tibetans 嘉绒藏族) are one of the branches of the ethnic…