2009/MAY/12-JUN/05 & JUL/23-AUG/18
CHINA
Discovering new parts of China, our home country for many years. It's just so damn far to the west parts that we never had the chance to go there. Traveling from Hong Kong all the way to Kazakhstan passing Dimen village, meeting students in Sichuan and nomads in Tibet. More than 22,000 kilometers traveled on land, 10 nights on overnight trains and 3 nights on sleeper buses. Highlight: second day of the train ride from Tibet to Urumqi, spotting yaks in the morning and camels in the sunset.
meet tsomo, a real nomad. she lives in a water proof tent made out of yak hair... >2009/MAY/30 tibetan nomads
spicy speech in sichuan. the IDEA NOMADS met the design students at sichuan university in chengdu... >2009/MAY/20 sichuan university
packing our bags and leaving shanghai for our first destination taipei. what we bring? check it out... >2009/APR/16 packing
coming alive! IDEA NOMADS launched in Shanghai together with Naolab, introducing naoLoop... >2009/APR/11 IDEA NOMDAS launch
behind the scenes – creating IDEA NOMADS. one idea, two designers, thousands of give-aways...
gearing up – getting ready for the long trip with travel-friendly electronics and shoes... >2009/JAN/29 gearing up
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distance traveled 22,285 km
elapsed time 50 days 1 hour 0 minutes 24 seconds
dimen dong village
chengdu
train to lhasa
lhasa
monasteries in shigatse & gyantse
mount everest base camp
on the road in tibet
tibetan nomads
urumqi
sary tash to kashgar
kashgar sunday market
southern silk road: yarkand, hotan and across taklamakan desert
eating grapes in turpan
dune cruising in dunhuang
operation camel ride
back in beijing - one year after the olympics
short stop shanghai
