China's Largest Lake // This is Western China

Somehow, someway - we managed to find our way to Qinghai Lake, the largest lake in China (as you probably surmised from the video's title). The lake is absolutely beautiful. It's turquoise waters are surrounded by mountains. There are quite a few birds that hangout on the lake and its shores. We also saw some pikas, the very animal that Pikachu is likely based on. These pikas didn't have magical powers, but their butts were kind of cute.

Qinghai Lake is a bit difficult to visit independently. We took a bus from the Xining coach terminal by the train station. The bus dropped us off along the highway by the Qinghai Lake visitor's center. From there we walked along the road to another road that ran all the way to the lake. We walked along the lake for maybe 3 hours and then went back to the highway to wave down a bus back to Xining. After waiting a while, we ended up taking a shared car back for 50 RMB each. It's possible to stay in Tibetan-style tents along the lake, but we went at a very busy time when the prices were way up and the availability was was down.

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