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Starting the ascent to the third pass of our project: Tro La Pass.
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One of the few good water stream in this area. The water was crystal clear and super good!
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Chinese government is building a massive tunnel under the Cho La Mountain, but as long as it is not ended trucks, cars and coaches have to drive all the way up to the pass.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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The road that goes up the pass is narrow and dizzying.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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The sign at the top indicates also the altitude of mount Cho La. Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Higher than Mont Blanc! Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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The way down is possibly even more dizzy than the way up! Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Descending the Tro La Pass, Derge, Garze, Sichuan.
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Getting closer and closer to Tibet autonomous region. Houses and population in this part of Sichuan are mainly tibetan. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Getting closer and closer to Tibet autonomous region. Houses and population in this part of Sichuan are mainly tibetan. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Getting closer and closer to Tibet autonomous region. Houses and population in this part of Sichuan are mainly tibetan. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Getting closer and closer to Tibet autonomous region. Houses and population in this part of Sichuan are mainly tibetan. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Za Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Za Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Cycling in the narrow gorges of Bei Qu river. Kamdo Region, Sichuan.
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Hazardous architecture of Derge, Kham region, Sichuan.
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The Derge Parkhang, the main temple in Derge, is a living institution devoted to the printing and preservation of Tibetan literature, a printing temple that holds the greatest number of Tibetan woodblocks in the world.
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Derge Parkhang. Derge, Kham region, Sichuan.
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Derge Parkhang. Derge, Kham region, Sichuan.
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Derge Parkhang. Derge, Kham region, Sichuan.
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Derge Parkhang. Derge, Kham region, Sichuan.
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Derge Parkhang. Derge, Kham region, Sichuan.
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Derge, Kham Region, Sichuan.
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Derge, Kham Region, Sichuan.
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Time to leave Derge!
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Snow? Unfortunately not, thousands of bottles are stuck by the dam.
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Still along the Bei Qu river. Derge, Kham region, Sichuan.
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Still along the Bei Qu river. Derge, Kham region, Sichuan.
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So what?
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Finally we reach the Jinsha river. It is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River.
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Finally we reach the Jinsha river. It is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River.
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Stupas along the road.
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Finally we reach the Jinsha river. It is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River.
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Stupas.
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Not the safest road we have cycled so far!
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The Jinsha river flows through the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan in western China.
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Finally we reach the Jinsha river. It is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River.
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Finally we reach the Jinsha river. It is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River.
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A good spot for the night. Along the Jinsha, Kham region, Sichuan.
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Asking direction to a group of road workers. They are in fact building the wall on the right, that is actually a wall for prayer.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
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Baiyu county, western Sichuan.
