This is the "Switzerland" of China (The Roof of The World)
good morning from Bomi Oh Oh the bull is coming closer The origin place of the very first Tibetan king And as you can see animals Uh-oh Uh-oh The bull is saying hello to Luke mad I tried to open the video but the bull the bull had other plans As you can see animals and humans alike are enjoying Bomi and the peach blossom time Uh we just came out of Bomi City to the smaller village here and are now basically totally encased by mountains and peach blossoms It's so beautiful Oh my god Well that bull is very interested in Luke I tried to get out of the way as fast as I could because I don't want to stand in his way Wherever you are whatever you're doing always connect Whether you're traveling through China or just trying to stay in touch with family members across borders there's one tool that's always ready when you are Just open it and boom there it is No confusing settings and no waiting around You'll see a single red button and three 2 one connected That's it Watch your favorite travel videos scroll through Instagram or check your Gmail or book those last minute tickets without buffering without stress Stable reliable effortless It's a connection that just works Whenever you need it always connect Unlock the internet Click the link in our description now for an exclusive Let'sVPN deal Historically Bomi was inhabited by ancient Tibetan tribes including those associated with the Powo Kingdom Powo was a semi-independent kingdom in southeastern Tibet with its own rulers and a strong warrior culture And you can get that feeling from these mountains These mountains here are just unbelievable We're not crazy crazy high up here at the moment They're only about 2 and a half thousand to 3,000 m up But as you can see there's a lot of the the peach blossom trees which is a huge pull and attraction for this region for a lot of Chinese tourists And um these ones here are ones that are naturally being grown You will see a lot of the peach blossom areas that are sort of designatedly being grown in areas that are for tourism But these ones here seem to just be naturally growing here over many many thousands of years in these valleys Yeah you can see that all of these trees here are proper ancient like very very old trees Whereas in a lot of the big tourist towns they're a little bit smaller and sort of new trees Yeah So this uh feels very very special to be here Ah it's mad In this region as well it's known for its mysticism and remoteness And it's often described by Tibetans for many many years as being sort of a hidden land It uh was very very hard to access for a long time before obviously the development came along And you can see sort of this here This obviously is going to be some sort of a a road probably at some point that or railway that will be connecting Bomi to other parts of Tibet And uh it's kind of crazy to see because our guide he has been telling us a lot of stories about how a lot of these places were very hard to reach And a lot of times people would have to traverse over these mountain ranges for example even the ones like the ones that are completely covered in snow and they would basically have to make their own way through these mountains in order to access places such as Bomi So that is mad to think of The last village here by the way was only connected about 10 years ago Um so up until 10 years ago some of the local villagers in this area had to go over the mountain passes in order to access um civilization let's say it like that If they needed anything from the bigger cities or from the towns they had to go across those mountain ranges But now in the last 10 years they managed to connect it by road for the first time Yeah You can only imagine just how difficult it would be to traverse across these places to get somewhere like this And even now today you have a lot of pilgrims and you'll see that actually like as you're going around Tibet you'll see pilgrims on the side of the road and they will be walking cycling A lot of them the majority of them actually will be walking for many many many miles Some of them coming from towns and villages from all over different parts of the world And they'll be walking for days weeks some of them months to get to certain areas within Tibet And a lot of times they will be taking three steps dropping down on the floor and basically like sliding across the floor And they'll do that the entire way for thousands of kilometers So some of them coming from places such as Qinghai which is where we came from on the train 2,000 kilometers in distance They'll do it walking And it's the goal for the people here to do this type of a pilgrimage journey at least one time in their life So everybody if they want to actually be part of it uh they will do it one time in their life It's so crazy to think of it The little sort of uh I I guess you could call it like spirit demon inside of me is like telling me that we should try that at some point I don't think we would survive to be honest We're not allowed to do it anyways but can you imagine doing something like that through one of these ancient valleys it's to me it doesn't make sense but to a lot of these people it makes a lot of sense And um it's a tradition that has been carried on for centuries A lot of a lot of these pilgrimages by the way uh end in Mount Kailash which is it's quite far from here but it's quite accessible as well if you have a vehicle and uh that's one of the holiest places for several religions So a lot of people will attempt to do the pilgrimage to go all the way to Mount Kailash The sun is coming out a little bit which is so so nice cuz of how humid it is in this part of Tibet The cold feels so much more intense than in some of the other parts But at least with all of the humidity going on here you can see there's so many trees so many peach blossoms over there on the other side of the river By the way it's entirely filled up with the beautiful peach blossoms It's a truly magical time but I'm I just want to stand here and take all of the sun in It's still to warm up a little bit Hello You give the paw You give the paw Oh you're so soft So soft Yes Oh he wants to come out So cute In Tibetan the word bomi refers to the meaning of mighty and prosperous And it's supposed to symbolize basically just how fertile these lands are around here And it's sort of the like integral relationship between man and mountains There's something special about this region That's for sure since we've arrived in Kham which is like the sort of the greater region It's was known as Kham K H A M and then quite a while ago it kind of became integrated Bomi became integrated into Nyingchi as part of like the Nyingchi area of Tibet This area is just very very special because of particularly because of the lower altitude It's just gives a whole different meaning and understanding to I think the way that Tibet is thought about in terms of like a landscape It's very lush It's very fertile and it's very green and colorful and vibrant And my phone storage is already jam-packed full of photos of all of this scenery King we called His child run in this area and he set up one kingdom in this area So we called the Galang Kingdom Galang Kingdom Yeah And uh here is a small lake and uh we call the Galang National Park in here And this is almost just under 2,000 years old 1,000 nearly one 2,000 years old Wow Because you know the number 17 king which means uh nearly Wow Because in Tibet we happen totally 42 kings here in Tibet Yes From the first till to end of uh king before the number 33 the Tibet is not like a one unique country Yes Different Yeah Yeah Different Ah only after the number 33rd king We call the great king During his time he unite all the tibet once again Yes And then the Tibet begins like a in old time it's a small part they have their own king or rulers in old time different yeah different tribes and different different area they have different and the first kingdom was powo am I saying it correctly from bomi oh the first king is also from this area yes and his name called means the neck ti means the throne and zu means the king Because you know the people's found him after they carry him on their neck Uh-huh So just give him the name like neck throne king and they carry him on the neck because when they meet him they didn't understand each other and he point they asked him where he's from finger like into the sky So the people thought he is from heaven Yes And then wow This is our king now Yeah Yeah That's fascinating So they asked they basically met the king or they met this guy who came down from a mountainous area in Bomi and he met a different tribe and they obviously didn't speak the same language They tried to ask him where he's from He didn't really understand So he just basically did this pointing towards the sky which basically led them to believe that he was some sort of a god and then they carried him up on their neck which I guess you know the kings carry you'll see people doing that all over the world they carry people up on their neck they carried him up on their necks up through the mountains and that was the first king of Tibet and uh yeah this lake here is absolutely beautiful I have to say once again the backdrop of the mountains there And here it's quite humid It's a lot It's a lot more humid than it is dry So it's a very very nice environment to be in cuz the air is very very thick and fresh Hello Hello Hello They were running towards us and they didn't the kids didn't see that we were here and then they were all of a sudden like "Oh no foreigners." They got really scared I believe we have said this before but Bomi is called the Switzerland of Tibet basically and here in this area I can really see it as somebody who has been to Switzerland Austria and the south of Germany before uh here with the beautiful wooden houses directly on the bottom of the mountains and so on the beautiful trees here I can really see why it's called the Switzerland So we've made it to one important stop here on the Route 318 because the Route 318 connects Shanghai all the way to the Nepali border And from here it's exactly 4,000 kilometers to go all the way to Shanghai And uh in in China it's being said that this is like a a must see like once in your life you have to see the route 318 And I think it would be so so cool to go from Shanghai all the way to the Nepali border Of course that's a a very very long journey and uh I think we won't be able to do that in the time that we are given in China but uh wow that would be an absolutely amazing adventure And Pasang just said as well unfortunately the weather is a little bit bad Um that there is a glacier just here in the clouds that you can see When the weather is a little bit better I'm sure that's that would be such a cool view at the 4,000 km stop They also have this very cool viewing spot I feel like along the route 318 there's lots and lots of these very stunning viewing spots But this one here is very very special And now actually the clouds are moving up a little bit You can see the glacier just down here peeking out of the clouds And you have lots and lots of these beautiful prayer flags and scarves around here as well What a precious place We got ourselves a coffee just to kind of warm up and wake up a little bit because when you're sitting in the back of the bus for a while you kind of get sleepy It's so cool how you can go in Tibet from kind of feeling like it's springtime to back in Christmas time Yay Yeah Yay Pasang are you having a good time yes You like the snow yeah Yes We're all having a good time I eat snow You like to eat snow but not the yellow one No Not the yellow one Not the yellow snow Just this one You know when we are in child we are direct like this tasty tasty when I was a child in Germany I also ate snow we do like this not use use hand just like this Oh my god Oh wow No you know my child also in Lhasa if they have snow on the car or something then they are also being like that That's so funny Wow Yesterday they're too green and today change everything white Yeah How high up are we here do you know approximately it's like uh 400 4,000 4,000 mh 4,000 m And we're going higher up now to the pass The top of the pass is a 4,700 4,700 So we're going up another 400 but I'm sure it will probably get colder and then maybe stop snowing at some point Wow And there's no windy is not that much cold Yeah This only case of the windy Yeah And the humidity Yeah This is beautiful Are you going to eat snow like Pasang beautiful though Hey this is what I'm talking about when I mean Tibet Look at that 4,000 m up Snow everywhere This is the true beauty of the landscape in this region of the world Wow It's proper surreal And I feel like these glasses that I bought are doing me some justice now I didn't buy them for no reason This is Tibet Wow And you have the running rushing water still down there That is crazy So you have a lot of the much higher peaks snow is actually somewhat melted and it's rushing down the mountain But down here got some fresh snowfall Absolutely [Music] gorgeous The visibility up here is very very limited because of the heavy heavy snowfall A lot of fog as well that's actually blocking off a lot of the visibility So it's pretty scary on this tour bus at the moment It's pretty crazy Have a look Check out this side You can basically not see anything You can only see the barrier of the road A few little plants here on the side and that's absolutely it All of the trucks are driving with the warning lights on as well So to kind of increase visibility a little bit but it's a little scary Look at this snowcovered mountain covered in the prayer flags Tibetan prayer flags Absolutely beautiful The vibrant five colors of these Tibetan prayer flags set against the perfectly white snowcap mountain What a sight to behold This is beautiful Wow Unbelievable This is special Just under 5,000 m up at the moment
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