Xinjiang, China’s Central Asia and incredible Tibet – Day 27/Part 6

 

Now start ascending for final push to Thong La, Can you see the road below that’s going to Mansarovar:

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Lone Yak standing in snow land:

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The road leading to heaven:

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Snow was so heavy that Chinese machinery couldn’t open the road completely after 72 hours:

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Can you identify the Friendship Higway, amazingly beautiful:

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This is just ocean of snow, look the snow all around, seems this was really The Tethys Sea, 250 millions years ago, just frozen with time:

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The road continues:

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And now what else you can call as Heaven, believe or not that’s the friendship highway and Chinese keeps it open through out the year:

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The Journey Continues:

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Friendship Highway goes on:

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These huts are for the road workers who maintain this epic highway:

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Snow is so heavy, it’s quite difficult get space when a truck comes from other side:

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Ocean of snow:

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Friendship Highway at its highest point:

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From the top of Himalayan range:

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Thong La Pass, see the Trucks but its quite difficult to understand where the road is:

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Amazing Journey Continues:

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That’s village inhabited all the year through:

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Friendship Highway Continues:

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Sun is setting in High Himalayas:

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