...so TAGONG (altitude 3700 m)
The Feeling - Tibet is in the air, high altitude makes me feel tipsy and makes sure of a slight headache in the evening!
The Drink - Ginger tea to prevent altitude sickness
The Sights - fantastic!
View from the terrace of Khampa Cafe & Arts centre (where we stayed for the night & had wonderful meals): the central square of Tagong with its monastery
Inspiring architecture
In the Tagong monastery: praying time
Tagong monastery..abundance of colours!
Having a look behind monastery: stupas
Central square.
Prayer wheels: according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition spinning such a wheel will have the same effect as orally reciting the prayers
Scenery around Tagong
Friendly faces of Tagong
School. Doing homework. I had a nice chat with the kids while teacher was "not here"
Next morning we were ready for HORSE TREKKING in TAGONG GRASSLANDS!
My first minutes on the horse - white pregnant beauty Gummagadi! Previously I had been sitting on a horse once for 15 minutes, so I was real excited & tiny bit worried how it would work out :)
It worked out great! I absolutely loved it and now I want some more!!! :)
Me & our Tibetan guides Serga (he) & Sarapamu (she) that didn`t speak almost any Chinese, but we still managed to communicate just fine :)
Crossing river is fun especially when horse decides to make a drinking break in the middle of the river
Yaks
My white beauty Gummagadi
Riding high & low..
Scenery
Flora :)
Lunch break with a Tibetan family.
..it was amazing to hear how this little Tibetan cutie spoke perfect American English! Samso`s dad is Tibetan & her mom is American Angela running Khampa Cafe & Arts centre.
Our lunch. Focus - yak butter tea with focus on butter ;)
Kids in da house...posing during the break from watching TV
Sarapamu sipping tea
In the house with kids
..and riding again...
Sarapamu & Gummagadi
Having fun posing at more than 4000 m....must be the thin air ;)
Yaks
Grasslands
And we stayed for the night in the grasslands (in the middle of somewhere) with a Tibetan family.
Gira. 7 years old.
Serga. 4 years old.
Their mom (30y/old) milking yak
Yak and his friend
Interior
Little friends exploring map of Europe
Yak. Sunset time
no comment :)
Breakfast
Playtime
Finding the way back to Tagong from the middle of nowhere
Time to continue to Litang...which will turn out to be one crazy trip! (Stay tuned ;)
