The stages of the big Kora

 
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Stage 8: Chuju (1816 m) to Zhatong Monastery (2622 m)

7.5 hours, 1600 meters ascending

This stage leads through the warmest, most fertile and most densly populated part of the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

Village on an old river terrace above the Salween.

Cactus - a nightmare for the farmers.

Hairpin turn of the Salween.

Huge landslide - it is still active every now and then.

Fresh gravel slide blocks the road.

Village Zhana.
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Horses for carrying goods between settlements.

Decorated window with flowers in an old canister.

Small monastery in the village Longpu.

Chorten near Zhatong.
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Cocks in front of Zhatong temple.

Monastery Zhatong.
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