After more than 16 days in Amdo it was time to proceed to our next very much anticipated destination through the Himalayan plateau. We were really looking forward to the next 22h of our journey: a 1,956 km ride on the world famous Qinghai-Tibet Railway, also called “Train of the Sky”, from Xining to Lhasa.

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.

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 →

After our great farewell party (thank you guys for celebrating with us!) everything went very fast: We were already exausted from packing and carrying all our furniture and tons of boxes around for the last two weeks, and without the … Continue reading →