Welcome to the fourth (and final!) installment of my Spring Break 2021 trip out west! Let’s wrap this thing up so we can move on to the six other places I traveled to in the past year, shall we? (One of these days I will be better about actually writing these things on time. Maybe.Continue reading “Journey to the West(ern Sichuan Region) : Part IV!”
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Journey to the West(ern Sichuan Region) : Part III!
(Read Part I here! Read Part II here!) As our journey continued through the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Region in western Sichuan, our next stop was the 龙灯草原 Longdeng Gesar Grassland, also known as the Dragon Lantern Grassland. The 12th century legend of The Epic of King Gesar tells the story of the divine Tibetan hero:Continue reading “Journey to the West(ern Sichuan Region) : Part III!”
Journey to the West(ern Sichuan Region) : Part II!
(To read the first part of this trip, click here!) After a good night’s sleep, my altitude sickness had (thankfully) worn off and I was ready to greet the morning in Tagong! Others on my trip were not so lucky, unfortunately, and felt sick sometimes for days at a time. Understandably so – the TibetanContinue reading “Journey to the West(ern Sichuan Region) : Part II!”
Journey to the West(ern Sichuan Region!) : Part I!
When it became clear that we would finally be allowed to leave Shanghai over our spring break – COVID restrictions have started easing up, and I received my vaccine in February – I immediately started thinking about travel plans. Though Shanghai is an exciting city to live in, I couldn’t wait to start seeing someContinue reading “Journey to the West(ern Sichuan Region!) : Part I!”
Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere 