Litang, China - Life at 13,000 feet!
Litang is at an elevation of above 13,000 feet and it certainly let's you know it!Some people have headaches and fever. I generally experienced it as a "surprise" shortness of breath when doing something that normally wouldn't tax my breathing.
I decided to take a walk down to the far end of one of the main roads in Litang. I found one group of Tibetans working on the stone foundation of one of their traditional houses while another group, working on another house, were planing and cutting the timbers. A person from each group invited me over, and, after asking permission in sign language, I took photos of them and their work. I showed them the pictures on the viewer on my camera and they laughed and pointed.
Further on a Tibetan invited me into his house for tea (not yak butter tea, thankfully!) and I was able to take photos of him, his children, his wife and their beautiful home. I spoke no Tibetan and they spoke no English. The Tibetan people in the country seem to be very friendly!
Later that evening I met up with Bastian and Ivonne, two Germans traveling together in China, for dinner. We split three dishes along with individual servings of rice and the bill came to about $1.25 each. We talked some about the minibus trip we had "arranged" for tomorrow.
Litang is at an elevation of above 13,000 feet and it certainly let's you know it!Some people have headaches and fever. I generally experienced it as a "surprise" shortness of breath when doing something that normally wouldn't tax my breathing.
I decided to take a walk down to the far end of one of the main roads in Litang. I found one group of Tibetans working on the stone foundation of one of their traditional houses while another group, working on another house, were planing and cutting the timbers. A person from each group invited me over, and, after asking permission in sign language, I took photos of them and their work. I showed them the pictures on the viewer on my camera and they laughed and pointed.
Further on a Tibetan invited me into his house for tea (not yak butter tea, thankfully!) and I was able to take photos of him, his children, his wife and their beautiful home. I spoke no Tibetan and they spoke no English. The Tibetan people in the country seem to be very friendly!
Later that evening I met up with Bastian and Ivonne, two Germans traveling together in China, for dinner. We split three dishes along with individual servings of rice and the bill came to about $1.25 each. We talked some about the minibus trip we had "arranged" for tomorrow.
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