Qinghai Province  青海省
July & August, 2007
孔思义 & 黄亚萍
 
 
 
ITINERARY
 
The party assembled in Xining (西宁) over 27th , 28th and 29th July, 2007.
 
28th July – An outing by taxi to Bei Shan Temple (北山寺)
 
29th July -  Final arrivals to Xining (西宁). Evening dinner and briefing with Prof. LI
 
30th July – Xining (西宁) to Gonghe (共和) via Riyueshan (日月山)
 
31st July – Gonghe (共和) to Maduo (玛多)via E La Pass (鄂拉山隘)
 
1st Aug. – Maduo (玛多) to Yushu (玉树) (Jyekyundo)
 
2nd Aug.- Yushu (玉树) to Kandashan (坎达山), Nangqian (囊谦) and Baizha Forest Reserve /Ga’er Lamasery  (白扎林场/尕尔寺)
 
3rd August – Around Ga’er Lamasery (尕尔寺)
 
4th Aug.- Ga’er Lamasery (尕尔寺) via Baizha (白扎林场) and Nangqian (囊谦)  to Jiangxi             Forest Reserve (江西林场)
 
5th Aug.- Jiangxi Forest Reserve (江西林场) to Yushu (玉树)
 
6th Aug.- a.m. around Yushu (玉树), p.m. to Qumalai(曲麻莱)
 
7th Aug.- Qumalai (曲麻莱) to Golmud (格尔木)
 
8th Aug.- Golmud (格尔木) to Dulan (都兰)(through the desert)
 
9th Aug.- Dulan (都兰) to Niaodao (青海湖鸟岛)(Bird Island, Qinghai Lake)
 
10th Aug.- Qinghai Lake (青海湖)to Xining (西宁), debrief with Prof. LI
After the others departed on the 11th August Jemi and I made the following excursions:

13th Aug. – Back to Bird Island Hotel
14th Aug. – revisited hills near Heimahe (黑马河) at km 2189.5.
15th Aug. – Hada Canyon (哈达山谷) at km 20.5, (Heimahe to Shinahe) west ring road, south of Qinghai Lake, back to Xining (西宁) in the afternoon.
17th to 21st Aug. from Xining (西宁) to Huzhu Bei Shan (互助北山) and back

22nd to 24th Aug. Archaeological sites around Xian, Shanxi (陕西省 西安市), including Terracotta Warriors 

25th Aug.- Flew Xian (西安) to Shenzhen (深圳), returned to HK