It’s a different China. This morning I left my holiday yurt, climbed into the heavens, and dropped down onto wide, open plains, with snow-capped mountains in the distance, and void of people. With the wind at my back, I rolled along these endless plains, feeling free and happy in this beautiful place.
The high plains
You can see for miles – in fact more than 20 kilometres. This is a photo looking back at the previous photo.
The High Plains
The plains roll on in all directions for-ever. Leaving the road you could walk until you are a dot, invisible from the road. Slowly, I climbed on the plains, and they turned into a high yurt valley – but this time real yurts – not the holiday yurts below. The plains are flat, and a fence lines the road, making a secret camp challenging. My tent is in view of the road, in a tiny dip, next to a small river.
Frosty camping spot
View from the high pass
Summit monument
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Ik geniet van je reisverslagen. Elke dag even kijken waar je weer bent. Je neemt overal goede gedachten en vriendschap mee.
Volgster uit Nederland.
José
Hoi José. Leuk om van je te horen! Bedankt en groeten naar Nederland!
How do you plan for water? Assuming you carry food, but not enough water.
I have a water filter. There are streams with nice water.
Good to know. Did you see a lot of pollution in China, or were you in more rural areas?
I was in the desert or the mountains mostly. Didn’t see much pollution. I didn’t visit any big cities at all.
Sound thinking!
Hi Mathew
Are you travelling alone now ?
Like everyone I like your stories every day.
Only I do’nt understand the stories of Laos.
Why do I see them now did I miss the reason ?
Good Luck
Ton
Hi there Ton.. I delayed the blog heading to China, and built up a delay of 3 months. I didn’t want to blog on China while in China. I have now left China, and have resumed more up-to-date blog entries. I will continue to post the China entries, one day at a time until the 2nd week of January. So, there will be 2 blog entries each day – one from China, and one from the tropics – currently Laos. Does that make things clearer? 🙂