overland travel to Xining from Chengdu
Chengdu - kangding - Ganzi - Baiyu - Derge - Dzochen - Shiqu - Yushu - Mardo - Xining
Day01: Chengdu to Kangding 
leave Chengdu at around 08:30 for Kangding, sightseeing along the way. generally, the arrival time in Kangding city is around 15:45; then, you can spend time walking around.
NOTE: if you like hot spring, you can go to Erdaoqiao, which is wel known for its high quality hot spring.
Day02: Kangding to Xinduqiao to Tagong to Bamei
leave Kangding for Bamei, enjoy your time on the way for photos;
at Tagong area, visit Tagong Buddhism college; enjoy the grand view of Muya golden pagoda (self pay to go inside) and enjoy your time strolling around in the wide and open grassland behind the pagoda.
at Bamei, go and visit Huiyuan temple, which is built in 18th century.
Day03: Bamei to Ganzi
early departure from bamei, bad road; on the way to Ganzi, visit Luhuo Linque monastery, which is only about 1.5 kilometers to the north of the town; at Ganzi, pay homage to Ganzi monastery.
Day04: Ganzi to Payul (Baiyu)
Drive through the Haizi mountain to Baiyu which is located by a river in a deep valley, on the way, lush forests and peaceful villages make your tour impressive. At Baiyu, visit the Baiyu monastery.
Day05: Baiyu to Derge
On the way to Derge, visit the Palpun monastery which is the largest and most important Kagyulpa monastery in Sichuan province. Following upstream of Jinshajiang river to Gato bridge, then swift to east to Derge town.
Day06: Derge sightseeing + Derge to Manigange
Derge is famous for its huge collection of Buddhism scriptures and books, esp. for its printing boards (wood made). Visit the Derge printing house and Gengqing monastery (Sakyapa order).
after lunch at Dege, Climbing over the high Chola mountain (pass: 5050 meters), visit Xinlu Lake (a local holy lake) before arriving in Manigange.
Manigange is a small town, which is located at the conjuntcture of three roads - one is the road Derge to Manigange, the 2nd is the road Manigange to Ganzi, the 3rd is the road Manigange to Shiqu.
Day07: Manigange to Dzochen village to Shiqu
At Dzochen village, visit the famous Dzochen monastery and Dzochen colledge of Buddhism study; 30 kilometers before arrival at Shiqu county town, visit Tara monastery of Gelupa.
Day08: Shiqu to Yushu (Jyekundo)
At a place 30km to the north of Shiqu town, visit the Sesuel monastery. Passing by Xiewu (a small village) and drive across a bridge over Jinshajiang river (the upper reach of yangtse river) to reach Yushu. Before arriving, visit Dangkha monastery (of Kagyulpa order) and Gyanha mani gallet (famous for its huge number of Mani stone pieces, it was said ther are more than 230 millions).
Day09: Yushu sightseeing
Visit Temple of princess Wencheng, Lheba gulley (3km further after Temple of Wencheng), Banchen monastery (Kagulpa order at Batang village in Yushu) and Jiegu monastery (built in 1398, belonging to Sakyapa order).
Day10:Yushu to Mardo
Passing by Xiewu village again and climbing over the Pass of Mt. Bayankara (4825m) from which the Yellow river stems. The Yellow river flows through Mardo town. The first cement bridge over Yellow river is at Mardo.
Day11: Mardo to Xining (480KM)
Drive to Xining (capital of Qinghai province) today.