View of Minya Konka (Gongga Shan) from the Tsemi La pass

The following pictures are all scans of slides from my first trek to Minya Konka in the mid 1990s. Later on there are some recent pictures of the Erlang Shan tunnel.

Nomad tents below the Djesi La

This is where we spent the first night - cold!!!

Chatting to the solitary monk at Minya Konka Gompa

Me and my guide Gerler at the Minya Konka Gompa [temple]

On the Minya Konka trek, ascending to Djesi La

Nanwu Si near Kangding

The monk and my guide at Minya Konka gompa

Konka Gompa at dawn

Yak and nomad tent, Minya Konka trek

I stayed here with the nomad family - slept on the muddy floor next to the yak calves.

Nomad tents below the Djesi La

Djesi La, Kangding

Too big for my horse

En route to MInya Konka

This is looking down from the Djesi La, back towards Lao Yulin and Kangding.

Erlang Shan tunnel entrance [western side]

Traffic jam near Ya'an

The road to Erlang Shan

Looking down from Erlang Shan tunnel to the Dadu river and Luding

Erlang Shan, between Kangding and Chengdu

Erlang Shan, between Kangding and Chengdu, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Chengdu "Tibetan-town"

Chengdu "Tibetan-town", originally uploaded by jiulong.

Joseph Rock's old house, Yuhu (Nguluko), Lijiang

Joseph Rock's old house, Yuhu (Nguluko), Lijiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.