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Labrang Monastery

Labrang Monastery

Labrang Monastery: Labrang is the largest and most famous Buddhist monastery in the Amdo region. Read this post for more information about this fascinating place. info@thelandofsnows.com Labrang Monastery བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་དགོན་པ་ is the largest monastery in the traditional...
Gonlung Monastery

Gonlung Monastery

Gonlung Monastery or Gonlung Jampaling Monastery དགོན་ལུང་བྱམས་པ་གླིང༌དགོན་པ། is in far northeastern Amdo about 70kms from the city of Xining. This rare gem is not popular and sees few foreign visitors each year. Of all the guidebooks covering the Tibetan Plateau,...
Overland from Xining to Chengdu

Overland from Xining to Chengdu

Overland from Xining to Chengdu: The 1200-kilometer route from Xining to Chengdu through the traditional Tibetan region of Amdo has become quite popular in recent years. This route passes through several notable Tibetan towns that are home to some of the most...
Amnye Machen

Amnye Machen

Amnye Machen is one of Tibet’s main holy mountains. It is located in Golok prefecture in the Amdo region (modern-day Qinghai). This is a fantastic glacier mountain that offers great trekking! Read through this update for information on a slightly different route...
Why not Amdo and Kham?

Why not Amdo and Kham?

Why note Amdo and Kham? It is important to remember that Tibet consists of far more than just the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). The TAR only has about 50% of the Tibetan Plateau’s land mass and around 40% of the total Tibetan population within China. The...