Everything you need to know to

Travel to Eastern Tibet


from assembling your gear, to buying tickets, to treking the route. All you need to know to accomplish a memorable journey of a lifetime. Travel Safe.
CONTENTS
  • Summary
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Key Words
  • Introduction
  •   Road Block and Guns at Dartsedo
  •   Report from the Field
  • Background
  •   Independent Tibet
  •   Why Tibet
  •   What is Tibet.
  •   Tibetan Empire
  •   Buddhism
  •   Script
  •   Historical Timeline
  •   Where is Tibet ?
  •   Who are the Tibetans
  •   Tibet is the roof of the world.
  •   Tibet is high
  • Altitude Acclimatisation
  •   Little Bit Scary ?
  • Where we are Going
  •   Kham
  •   Lhasa Permit
  • When to Go
  •   Weather
  •   Weather Records
  •   Quakes
  • Political
  •   Human Rights
  •   TAR Open, TAR Closed
  •   Tibetan Flag
  •   Internet Rules
  •   CIA
  • Getting a Visa for Tibet
  • Help and Advice
  •   Language
  •   “Useful Phrases” and explanations
  •   Place names
  •   Internet and Comms
  •   Where to Charge Your SIM
  •   $ Cash ¥
  •   ATM
  •   Dogs and Bears
  •   How to Get Bitten
  •   Dom Gyamuk
  •   The Unmentionable
  • Back to Travelling
  •   Getting there Internationally.
  •   How to Book Your Flight
  •   Luggage
  •   Deciding Where to Go
  • The Routes: Maps
  •   Paper Maps
  •   Russian Topographical Maps
  •   Map of Checkpoints
  • Getting there Locally
  •   Air & Bus:
  •   Railway
  • Acclimatisation Locations
  •   Xining / Yushu
  •   Lete Youth Hostel
  •   Yushu
  •   Chengdu / Kangding
  •   Holly’s Hostel
  •   Traffic Hotel and Hostel
  • The Routes in Detail
  •  #1 Xining to Degé via Gyêgu, Shiqu & Manigango
  •   Xining
  •   Gyêgu (Yushu)
  •   Shiqu
  •   Manigango
  •   Yartsa Gunbu
  •   The Trola Range in Eastern Tibet
  •   Degé
  •  #2 Degé to Dzongsar
  •   Gamtog
  •   Meshö Valley
  •  #3 Chengdu to Degé via Kangding & Manigango
  •   Chengdu
  •   Lhasa from Chengdu
  •   Kangding
  •   Tagong
  •   Ganzi (Garzê)
  •   Manigango
  • Sichuan-Tibet Tea Horse Road
  • What to Take
  •   Navigation
  •   First Aid
  •   Barley Frog
  •   Clothing
  •   General Stuff
  •   Emergency Food for Winter
  •   Tsampa
  •   Water
  •   Shoes
  •   Head Gear
  • Camping
  •   Tent
  •   Campsite
  •   Sleeping Bag
  •   Other Warmth
  •   The Volcano
  •   Cooking
  • The Motorbike
  •   Road Conditions
  •   Driving
  •   On the Road on the Plateau
  •   Doing it Legally
  •   Motorbike Gear Specifics
  •   Buying the Motorbike
  • The Motorbike Routes from Yushu
  •   2012 Trindu to Degé
  •   2013 Gyêgu - Zurmong - Nangchen – Gyêgu
  •   2014 Trindu - Jomda – Degé
  •    Chinese Checkpoints
  •    Crossing the Red Sea
  •   Donate the Bike
  • Image Gallery
  •   Degé
  •   Gyêgu
  •   Dzongsar
  •   Lhasa & Drak Yerpa
  •   Lijiang and Wenhai
  •   Gyaltang
  • My Lists | Books | eBooks | Maps | Video
  •   Books
  •   eBooks
  •   Maps
  •   DVD's

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