Road from Yecheng to Dorma, Aksai Chin (km 699)
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) or Xizang Autonomous Region, called Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was created in 1965 on the basis of Tibet's incorporation by the PRC in 1951. Tibet is the second-largest province-level division of China by area, spanning over 1,200,000 square kilometres, after Xinjiang, and mostly due to its harsh and rugged terrain, is the least densely populated province of the PRC. After 2 days, we had driven 699km from Yecheng on Highway 219 -which felt like a huge distance given the road conditions. It seemed that the road was going towards nowhere -which it actually almost was. In the afternoon of the second day, we headed towards black skies which announced bad weather. Several minutes later, we hit a strong hail storm which lasted less than an hour and covered the ground in white.
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Location: Tibet, China
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