53-Day Self-Drive Tour of the Qinghai-Tibet-Xinjiang-Gansu Grand Loop.

From September to October 2024, I completed a self-drive tour of the Qinghai-Tibet-Xinjiang-Gansu Grand Loop. The journey took 53 days and covered 18,100 km. It included the Sanjiangyuan area, Bingchacha, Medog, the southern border area of Shannan, Qiangtang G216 Geze-Minfeng, Altay, the northwest border area, and the Hexi Corridor. I experienced sunny, cloudy, rainy, foggy, and snowy weather, dirt roads, stone roads, washboard roads, cliffside roads, canyon roads, snow-capped mountains, glaciers, deserts, lakes, mountain passes, the Ancient Tea Horse Road, Silk Road cultural relics, northwest border posts, and border guard posts. I never stopped moving forward. I will continue to prepare to visit more places and experience more of the dialogue between nature, culture, and history!

Post by Dominic Dickinson | Oct 27, 2024