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Apr. 04 - 2011 Qinghai tales  What was worse than three days two nights on the road was, nobody knew exactly when we would reach our final destination. ---- The day before leaving Lhasa, we were contemplating which form of Transport was the most suitable. After experienceing severe altitude sickness when I flew into Lhasa, I decided not to repeat the same mistake again. Altitude sickness can be a real problem, and sometimes leads to heart failure. I was terribly ill, the sudden athmospheric pressure difference between near zero sea level and a rapid decrease of pressure at 3800 meters did not go down well with me. It took me close to a week to recover, a visit to the Tibetan Hospital was necessary. In the middle of nowhere ... Here we were, at this godforsaken place in the middle of nowhere, at three A.M., driving through an unknown, deep forest. The fellow passengers were all anxious, gazing out of their window, expressing their discontent verbally. No matter how we all thought - the driver carried on till he reached a tiny hamlet in the forest, shrouded in total darkness. Within minutes, he grabbed a box of Alcoholic drinks what looked like Black label Whisky and disappeared in the night, leaving all passengers behind. Another passenger overheard the driver mention he will be back in 15 minutes. Frankenstein 's Castle ... 'Ganz versteckt - tief im Wald - liegt mein Haus und mein Labor... und damit niemand kommt und mein Gehimeimnis entdeckt, hab' ich eiserne Tueren davor ..' The scenery could have been from 'Frankenstein', the movie. Outside all looked eerie and ghostly. No soul, no light, no movement, like a Ghost town. Some of the passengers took some courage and ventured outside, in the dark, chilly air. We had, after all traveled for two nights / two days and made over 4000 km by road on the Tibet plateau. AUSTRIA - photographic journey The fresh cold air brought back some life into us. And this moment I felt the slight touch on my face; snow flakes dropping down on me, within seconds the sky was full of them. Somehow these scene always returns back. The falling snow somehow dampened our frustrations , voices started to fade, with snow acting as a filter. Thick and heavy now it fell, covering all the ground within minutes. Waiting .. waiting ... Waiting for an hour without a sign of the driver, everyone got nervous. We decided to honk. Another funny, awkward feel, standing in the middle of a hamlet, inmidst of a forest, and blowing the mighty horn. -----> Link to Tibet : whitershade photography Nothing happened, absolutely nothing for the next two hours. In the meantime temperatures were dropping more now, we started shivering. part 1 Qinghai ..(to be continued.) Related Links
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