The highway goes beside the train track One more view to the snow fields and glaciers The first runlet of the Yangtze River Closer view to the Tanggula Mountain Along the Tanggula mountain range Tanggula Mountain range Bizarre rock strata near Tanggula town Along the Tongtian River Late in the afternoon Headstream of the Changjiang River (Yangtze River) Inside the dining coach We enjoy the food in the train coach First view in the early morning ... Arriving Xining railway station on the dot Xining Station Plaza Restaurant tent and the Himalaya mountain range Public bus to Xigazê city Yak herd and the Himalaya mountain range Yak herd browse at a hill foot An other convoy on the way to the Kailash Young Tibetan girls in Hor Qu Gongzhucuo lake (Konggyo Tso) Mani wall with thousands carved stones Mani wall leading to the lake side Great spectacle at the sky Holy rest and ... ... the first view to the Holy Kailash mountain Dramatic cloud spectacle Memo Nanyi (Gurla Mandhata) peak (7728 m) Lake Manasarovar (4556 m) Clouds scenery at the Memo Nanyi (Gurla Mandhata)… Holy bath in the Holy Lake Manasarovar Lake side at the Manasarovar (4556 m) Breakfast beside the Holy lake Seralung Gompa Manasarovar lake and the Nemo Nanyi (Gurla Mandhat… Stupa at the Seralung Gompa Seralung Gompa Seralung Gompa Mount Kailash Seralung Gompa called also Drigung Kagyü monastery Inside the Seralung Gompa Darchen village Ganges Guesthouse in Darchen Prayer flags and the Kailash peak The first Kilometer of the Kora near Tarboche The first Kilometer of the Kora Chorten and the Kailash peak The Kora starts moderate Chorten along the way Kailash peak Walking the Kora First day on the Kora Chukhu also called Chogu Gompa Manasarovar lake and Rakshastal lake Steep faces at the left side Mountain scape before Deraphuk Pilgrim on its own way to circle the Kailash Yaks do the Kora Measure in length with its own body Looks out the Kailash peak The Kailash peak Frozen feeder to Karnali river Reach the Tanggula Mountain Pass 5,231 Meters Info display inside the train coach Close to the Tanggula Snow Mountain Tonggula Mountain Far view to the Snow Mountains Vista to the landscape near Thangla Ri The high mountans in the background Erosion protection every where Climbing more and more higher and higher Climbing to the high Tanggula Mountains Amdo Station Erosion protection Nagqu River near Amdo View out the window to the Cuona Lake Cuona Lake Cuona Lake Close ride beside the Cuona Lake Cuona Lake near Amdo Near Amdo Impressive cloud formations Small pool beside the track The remain of workers temporary accommodations Snow just in a bit higher altitude No one on the highway Riverbed of Nam Cho Unending foothills in front of the high mountains The floor inside along the coach Dangxiong 4,293 m, clean and empty railwaystation Salama and Albin inside the compartment A look outside the window The track goes along the Tsang Po valley Modern tourist bus runs beside the Tibet train The Tsang Po river also called Yarlung Zangbo Rive… Crossing the Tsang Po river View over the grain fields to the highway Just out of Lhasa Along the Zang Po river Modern construction in the railway station Our group is boarding the train The train is ready for Beijing Boarding the coach No. 11 The railway goes mostly on piles The Qinghai-Tibet Railway The tickets for a sleeping car The gate to board the train to Xining The waiting room in the railway station Lhasa railway station The trail on the piles The map of the railway from Lhasa to Xining Kids welcome us in Zhongdian Dukezong village beside the Songzanlin Monastery Songzanlin Monastery Main entrance to the Songzanlin Monastery Living quarter behind the Songzanlin Monastery Wall paintings inside the Songzanlin Monastery View to the Songzanlin Monastery complex Tibetan woman in a village near Zhongdian A boy look down the balcony View to the big Songzanlin Monastery complex Leaving Zhongdian the Shangri-La in Yunnan Landscape on the way to Zhongdian The border to the Tibetan territory in Yunnan