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Travelling in the provinces Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan – autumn 2025 In autumn 2024 I travelled in the north of the western provinces in China, in the provinces Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai. So I thought for my travel in autumn 2025 to go more south and add a province, that was new for me. Because, of course, I wanted to see new things during my trip. So I thought of adding the province of Guizhou on my itinerary and after…

Spring weather in the winter (Tibet winter 2025) I go every year in January to Tibet. And this year was no exception. I have been so many times already to Tibet, that it’s difficult to do new things, to go to new places. So I had to let go of that thought. Like last year, I wanted to spent time in Lhasa. But I also wanted to go to places outside Lhasa. So I thought of an itinerary that would…

Travelling along the ancient Silk Road and through Tibetan areas (October 2024) Every year it gets more difficult for me. Where to go and what to see this time in China? I have seen already so much in the western parts of China. But luckily, I came up with some new and very interesting things to do and to see. I had already visited the Tibetan part of Gansu province. But Gansu province has a lot more to offer. Part…

Walking with the many pilgrims (Tibet Winter 2024) After four years finally again travelling to Tibet. And what a great time I had there! I was in Tibet for 25 days. And it was amazing. There were so many pilgrims in Lhasa and in the monasteries. And I was the only western tourist, at least till the end of my trip. I walked many koras with the pilgrims at the Barkhor / around the holy Jokhang Temple. And I must…

Finally back to China and the Tibetan areas (May/June 2023) It was January 2020, when I suddenly had to return home early from my travel in Tibet. The Corona pandemic had started in China and the country got locked. I had the last KLM flight from Chengdu to Amsterdam. Lucky me. I took more than 3 years before I could return. In 2022 life became in many countries more or less normal again. Travelling started up again. But China remained…

An unexpected shorter trip to Tibet In January 2020 my annual visit to Tibet was on the program. And I looked very much forward to it. I think at the beginning of January I read on the internet a first message of a mysterious virus that had come up in the city of Wuhan in China. A few people got a flu like illness in that city. At that moment I didn’t think it would have repercussions for my travel.…

Nangchen and Jiuzhaigou N.P. revisited Last year (2018) I traveled in the land of the yaks and visited the remote area of Nangchen. As I wrote in my blog about that travel, I visited Gaden Monastery there. We (my guide, my driver and me) had some problems visiting this monastery because nobody could tell us where this monastery was located. But I found it thanks to the navigation app MAPS.ME. There are a lot more monasteries in Nangchen, but at…