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  • Sunday, May 21, 2017, Ruoqiang to Mangnai Zhen by minibus… if possible

    Posted on May 2, 2016 5:55 pm by griell Comment

    Rough and ready, Qinghai is classic off-the-beaten-track territory, often as a last frontier feel to it. Traveling here can be both inconvenient and uncomfortable, though China’s rapid development plans have begun to touch the province, with huge railways and new rail lines under construction.

    Despite that, Qinghai still delivers a high dose of solitude among middle-of-nowhere high-plateau vistas, Martian-like red mountains and encounters with remote communities of China’s ethnic minorities”


    📂This entry was posted in 2016 Trip Planning 📎and tagged Golmud Mangnai Zhen Qaidam ruoqiang Tsaidam
  • Cycling through the Altun Mountains (and living to explain it)

    Posted on April 29, 2016 8:11 am by griell Comment

    When searching documentation for this post (Ruoqiang to Mangnai Zhen, probably the only difficult part of this trip), I stumbled upon a blog (I should say, a photo blog) with photos of a bike trip from Golmud to Kashgar. Two guys and a gal went from Golmud to Mangnai Zhen, and then entered the Altun Plateau.


    📂This entry was posted in Other 📎and tagged altun mountains desert by bike Mangnai Zhen

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