This is the fifth and final post of a weeklong series recapping my August trip to the western Chinese provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. See the first, second, third and fourth posts in the series.
When I think back on the two weeks we spent in Gansu and Qinghai, the food and the funny-frustrating stories are not actually the first things that come to mind. Instead, I remember the people we met. Those who helped us, mocked us, joked with us, or sang to us. What stands out in my memory are their faces: darkly tanned and deeply lined or plump and rosy, framed by long beards or topped with vivid headscarves.
In order of appearance: A young girl who sang English songs to us outside the Langmusi monastery; the wife of our trekking guide; her nephew; our guide’s daughter; our host family’s brother and his son; Dukno’s little brother; Dukno, the girl we met as we wandered outside the Labrang Monastery; a thangka painter in Tongren; the painter of our thangkas; a young monk at Youning Si; and an old man from the Muslim Quarter in Xining.
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