TIBET 2005

Summary

My trip to Tibet this year was in September and October, by way of Beijing.  My first priority was to visit my girls, the girls I sponsor at schools in four different towns.

  
Baji and Zhuoma

 I went to Dege to visit the school where my family and I help 16 orphans.

Dege Primary School

In Batang I saw my student, Cimu who is in her senior year in high school. I had a wonderful visit with her and her close friend, Ciren.  Cimu hopes to get accepted to Southwest Nationalities University in Chengdu next year.

Batang

Leaving Batang, I went south following the spectacular Yangtse River gorge, over the ridge and then south along the Dingqu river to Derong.

 
Yangtse River Gorge

From Derong, I spent two days hiking in the mountains to the village of the poor widow I have helped.  She came up the trail with her yak to meet me.

 
Widow and her yak

From Derong I went to Waka to see the mountain lady's boy who lives in a dormitory at the primary school.

Cizhunamu

 Then it was on to Zhongdian. I decided to treat Jiangba to his first plane ride so we flew to  Kunming just for the fun of it.

Kunmimg

Then it was back to Litang to see Zhuoma who is now in ninth grade.  She has overcome much of her shyness and we had a good visit. 

Zhuoma and her friends in Litang

I rested a few days in Kangding before going to Luding to see my new student, Dechen Zhongga.

Dechen Zhongga

My final stop was Beijing where I saw the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and other sights.

The Great Wall

You can click on chapters of this trip displayed at the top of this page, in which, step by step, I describe the details and offer many more pictures.