Except for the small buddhist Gompa at one edge and the characteristic green roofs which gave the plateau the nickname “green valley”, the village is also known for it’s Edmund Hillary Hospital which was established in 1966. It was originally run by doctors from Canada and New Zealand and provided basic western allopathic medical treatments to the people inhabiting the Namche area ever since.
Continue reading →The road took us deeper and higher into the Tibetan Nomad’s land until we reached the village Keshengxiang at the sandbanks of Yellow River. We spent a couple of amazing days in the nature collecting and studying medicinal herbs.
Continue reading →Landing at Xining airport was an amazing experience. Our plane cut through a thick roof of white clouds which covered this ancient centre of trade between the Chinese empire and the central kingdom of Tibet, before we caught our first … Continue reading →
