As I mentioned in a previous post highlighting the various things to see within Xunhua County in Qinghai Province, there are a large number of Tibetans living up in the mountains surrounding the large Xunhua valley.Wendu Monastery is the largest monastery in this immediate region. It is situated just 4 km off the highway stretching from Xunhua to Tongren, and about 25 km from Xunhua Town.
I was there the other day and a couple of the local monks told me that there are 300-400 monks residing at what seems to be a small monastery.
The surroundings are beautiful and opportunities to hike and explore abound, although there are no "marked" trails.
I would be possible to hire a taxi from Xunhua to take you and wait for you for a few hours for probably 100 RMB (maybe a little more) round-trip.
However, if you hired a taxi to take you one-way (probably 30-40 RMB), then you could hike back out to the main highway (4 km) and catch a ride on a bus or collective taxi from there back to Xunhua, or on to Tongren/Rebkong to the south.
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Nice post, I visited this monastery about two months after you wrote this blog entry. Unfortunately there was a lot of repair work under way inside the buildings, but the scenery was still worth a visit.
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