Friday, 16 May 2025

China Day 17 - Nagqu to Tuotuohe a little Trucker Rest Town

Last few days in remote Tibet and it was time to go downhill from Nagqu but before that could happen we had to climb Tangula Mountain Pass at 5231m to exit Tibet region and cross over to Qinghai Province in China.

The pass was blanket white snow. So much so, that I thought I was going blind not able to see anything but white. Fortunately it was a short mountain pass crossing and soon we were going down altitude wise and the weather became slightly warmer.


Tangula Mountain Pass 

Bragge develop a Cold Beard going through the Mountain snowpass

Around an hour into the journey, we all joined back up to a road block which was rare now that we had left the busy construction works at G318. 

Turned out that the road block was due to windmills blades being transported through some narrow winding roads that required both lanes.

Windmill Blades being Transported along G109

Maybe it was leaving Tibet region but today felt like a whimsical day going through the roads barely registering much into memory. 

We reached Tuotuohe which was one of the least interesting place in our entire journey. A trucker village stop where mostly people use it as a base to break the long journey between Nagqu and Golmund.

G109 - Mountains after mountains 

G109 - A long ride through nothing 

Traveled on: May 2024

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