Traveling to Tibet by busk

While many students stay at home, take an internship or learn to drive, two college students from Henan Province are on their way to the Tibet Autonomous Region in the far west, while busking.

"Some exceptionally beautiful pictures of Tibet sowed a seed of travel in my heart and this summer vacation is the perfect time to do this," Guo Yafeng, 23, a physical education senior at Nanyang Normal University in Henan Province, told the Global Times.

With his brother, Guo Jiefeng, a 21-year-old junior at Henan University of Science and Technology, they departed their home in Jiyuan on July 2, and are planning on reaching Lhasa, capital of the Tibetan region by August 2.

"Being adults, we want to fulfill our dream of travelling by ourselves," Guo Yafeng, the elder brother, told the Global Times.

"Since we can play the guitar and sing, we have performed many times at school and in our hometown. This gave us the confidence to complete this journey to Tibet by covering our expenses by singing along the way, in spite of whatever difficulties we may encounter."

The Guo brothers plan to travel through Xi'an, Chengdu, Chongqing and Guilin before hitchhiking the final step of the journey along the Yunnan-Tibet Highway.

They will not be travelling lightly, being laden down with 20 kilograms of stuff, including a guitar, a drum and a speaker besides warm clothes for the Tibet trip.

Their parents have supported them, and although many classmates originally wanted to join the trip, none of them made the commitment.

From Tibet Online