Post Nr.100 goes to TAGONG with its wild Tibetan grasslands!!

I am very happy to announce that this is my 100th blog post and it`s all about TAGONG - the most beautiful & the coolest place of the Western Sichuan trip!



...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


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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 ;)