Yushu Holiday

Well we are home again (actually we have been home for almost a week). We have travelled a lot in one week. Here are a few numbers. We have been away for 8 days, have driven 2592km (1,615 miles), have come over 12 mountain passes, the highest two were 4824m (15,826 ft) and 4760m (15,616 ft). We have visited 4 towns, which were at an altitude 4100m (13,451 ft), 4050m (13,287 ft), 3750m en 3700m and have used 3.5 tank of petrol (our car has a 90 litre tank).

On the way there we have seen a lot of interesting things, especially a lot of animals, including: sheep, yak, pigs, antelopes, marmots and even a wolf.

We made Yushu town our base and slept in a little hotel there, from there we made day trips to other places. One of the towns was 225km down the road and it was a 5 hour drive. A little far for one day, but we were glad we did manage to see what it looked like out there.

If you want to see some photos have a look here.