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TRIPS in KHAM

SHORT TRIPS

THE NORTHERN ROUTE VIA GANZI AND DERGE

THE SOUTHERN ROUTE VIA LITANG

TRAVELERS' TALES

Alan Leveton Blogs on Kham.

Richard Harlan shares his journey - and the letters and photos he's received from the girls he sponsors through Kham Aid Foundation's scholarship program.

Cycling to Danba, by Peter Snow Cao.

Photographer Michael Cherney uses words and pictures to describe his journey with one of the last remaining mounted letter carriers in China, a young man who delivers mail in Muli. 

Dana Isherwood describes the Great Kora, circumambuiating all three sacred peaks of the Yading Reserve.

John and Deb Goodman display words and pictures from their trip to Litang and Chaktreng (Xiangcheng)

Rene Tawa writes about a climber's return to the great mountain Gonga Shan, where a friend perished two decades ago.

Joseph Scheier-Dolberg writes about Tibetan Buddhist Resurgence in Ganzi and several places in Derge, with special attention to the murals of Baiya Monastery.  There are many lovely photos on this site, including some of the Yading Reserve.!

Peter Winn records the odyssey of a first descent of the Salween River, from Nagqu to Biru, in a kayak.

Tony Williams writes about the southern route to Litang and south to Zhongdian (Gyelthang) in Yunnan Province, the northern route to Derge, Sershul, and over the provincial border into Qinghai