After a leisurely breakfast fruit, yoghurt and muesli in my room, I went out for a 2h+ exploration of the old town. It was more of the same as what I had seen yesterday. I think I’m feeling a bit jaded as I didn’t feel like paying money for the entrances. There was the Zhangfei […]

What bliss it is to wake naturally without an alarm. Even better that I had a good night sleep without altitude complications. After a very leisurely breakfast and prep, I checked out around 1000 and taxied to Beimen bus station (which was new to me). I managed to get myself on the 1100 bus to […]

Yep, another bad night sleep due to altitude. But it will soon be a distant memory as we descend down to Kangding today which is “only” 2600m / 8530ft. Together with the 3 Swiss, we shared a minivan to Kangding.  Pulling into the town of Kangding, we saw a very large church.  Mathias noted that […]

I had a bad night sleep due to altitude last night; the half sleeping pill I took didn’t help much. Max recommended that I wake around 0800 because they start breakfast around 0830. It’s too cold to get going before that. I set off around 0930 up to the viewpoint, then headed to the big […]

Getting to Tagong I had trouble getting to sleep last night; it must have been the altitude at around 2600m / 8530 ft. I took half a sleeping pill and had a good night sleep, waking up well before 0600. I got ready and taxied to the station for the 0700 bus to Tagong. Actually […]

Above:  Locals, young and old come out to dance to Tibetan music in Kangding’s square at night. Young ones in hip gear and oldies in the everyday traditional garb. Kim had to wake about 0515 for his 0815 standby flight to Hong Kong. I had my bus for Kangding at 0900 so I didn’t have […]

Above: Kim skates well after not having done it for about thirty years. We had another lazy day. It was Kim’s last full day in China whereas I had another seven to go. We spent part of the day in the room, this time making hotel bookings for August next year. More importantly, I tried […]