leo carter: tibet by bicycle 2010
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Leo Carter and his classmate, Chen Yi Zhi, spent 18 days travelling from Xi Ning to Lhasa (about 2000 km). Much of the trip was over 4000 meters above sea level.TRANSCRIPT
LEO’S BICYCLE TRIP XINING – LHASA
2010 - August
一万年前的地球可能就是这样 Ancient Landscape
或者是星球大战中的某个星球 Planet Earth?
有人要从天上下凡 Expecting a Descent
雪山与草地 Snow and Grasslands
远眺纳木错
云不是总是白的 Black Clouds
我们的吉祥物 Talismen
从西宁出发第一天,那天的结果是双腿紫外线烧伤First day out.I burned my legs.
宿营地 Typical Motel
青藏线上的小商店 Typical Shop
客栈主人家 Motel Owners Home
修车,搭车 Bicycle Repair.Twice we hitched a short ride.
典型的午餐:馍馍 Lunch
昆仑山 Kun Lun Mountain
昆仑山口遇一群官员, 含北大团委书记
At Kun Lun Mountain we met a travelinggroup of officials including the Head of the Communist Youth League of my school, Beijing University
在青藏路最高点“拜日” Adopting the Sun Posture to express thanks at the top of our trip.
庆祝式地吸一口氧,唐古拉山口留影Celebrating 5231 meters with a little oxygen. Actually, we didn’t need it.
遭遇冰雹We were caught in anice hail-storm
看不到尽头的路 No end
圣湖纳木错 Nam Mu Cuo Lake, Tibet
圣湖纳木错 Nam Mu Cuo Lake, Tibet
圣湖纳木错 Nam Mu Cuo Lake, Tibet
何骊与狗 Me and my friends
欺负老实狗
Playing with an abandoned car
朝圣路上Prostrations on the way to Lhasa.
转经人 Lady
养路工 Road Workers
来到了布达拉 Potala Palace in Lhasa
鸟 Birds
猫 Cat
色拉寺的辩经场 Monks
Coming home on the train