Religious tower in Qinghai Yushu

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Qinghai

Big, bold and beautifully barren, Qinghai (青海, Qīnghǎi), larger than any country in the EU, occupies a vast swath of the northeastern chunk of the Tibetan Plateau. As far as Tibetans are concerned, this is Amdo, one of old Tibet’s three traditional provinces. Much of what you’ll experience here will feel more Tibetan than Chinese; there are monasteries galore, yaks scattered across the hills by the thousands and nomads camped out across high-altitude grasslands.


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The Qinghai-Tibet Railway passes some of the most stunning high-mountains in the world © View Stock / Getty

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Railway to heaven: a trip on the Qinghai-Tibet train

Sep 28, 2017 • 5 min read