June 9, Friday, Day 23, 7:47 a.m. Beijing time, Shigatse, altitude 4000 m. Well, I just watched the cook leave, again. He left early on Wednesday to get back to Lhasa but we kept running into him. I think he must like traveling with Jinpa and Mr. Lee. He was really a character. Every morning he'd get up, do his daily … [Read more...] about The Shigatse Market
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Re-Tracing Our Steps
June 8, 2006 Thursday, Day 22, 7:05 Beijing time, alt. 4000 meters Today we drove from Raza to Shigatse. There was much road work and gravel roads, except for the last 1/4 of the trip. We passed through rural areas today--lots of sheep, yak, goats and fields of barley. We re-traced our steps in some instances … [Read more...] about Re-Tracing Our Steps
Journeying
I have lost a few days in this return from the Chang Tang. But perhaps it's to be expected that the present will keep interfering. Yesterday I had to go on a picnic with friends to a patch of native Iowa prairie, that is still virgin prairie because it was designated as a cemetery in the middle of the nineteenth … [Read more...] about Journeying
Getting Back to Leaving the Chang Tang
Sometimes the present just plops itself down in all its going-to-the playground, holding-new-baby, joyful busy-ness - even during this journey into the past. But now we are home - and ready to leave the Chang Tang again. Day 20 - June 6 @ 5:30 p.m. Beijing time Well, this is the day we left the Chang Tang. We … [Read more...] about Getting Back to Leaving the Chang Tang
Catching Up
We are visiting family in Brooklyn. Lots of play. But here's time to start to catch up... - Jacqueline Day 18 - June 4, 2006 Last big walk. Today I walked the most I have walked on this trip--4 hours--with no headache or otherwise ill effects so far. This morning I went toward AruTso with my binoculars … [Read more...] about Catching Up
The Gift of the Chiru
Day 17 - June 3, 2006 @ 3:55 p.m. Beijing time This morning we packed our gear and left our campsite at the northern end of Aru Tso, sort of across from our first campsite. We are backed up against glaciers and a glacial stream runs right next to where we are camped. On the way here we passed an abandoned nomad … [Read more...] about The Gift of the Chiru
