"Tour de Gyangze: Off the beaten path by bicycle" Top 5 Page for this destination Gyangze Travelogue by Confucius

Just go north on Highway 204 from downtown Gyangze and you'll see this village on the right side of the road after about 4 kilometers.

Tibetans like to put prayer flags on their roof

This house is typical among Tibetan homes I saw in this area.

What do the horns above the door mean in Gyangze?

I saw this fancy door with yak horns above it and guess that means the home's owner is a Very Important Peasant.

This old prayer wheel's been spun a million times!

I saw Tibetans spin this old wheel as they passed it on the side of a dirt road near the village.

"It's all that prayer wheel spinnin', I tell ya!"

Imagine waking up to this scenery every day? Aren't those Tibetan peasants lucky?

"Ling zhe ni de meimei, zuo zhe na ma che lai!"

Here are a couple sisters riding on the back of a cart. I wonder if they came from Dabancheng in Xinjiang province?

Just need directions back to the highway, thanks!

At least I made him laugh; I don't know how much of our conversation he understood.

My little village tour guide. He'll help you too!

I parked my bicycle near the horses and walked around the village looking for photo opportunities. This little boy followed me after I took his picture. His grandfather is the man by the horse in the middle of my Gyangze intro.