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Tibet: Religion

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The Jokhang is the most revered religious structure in Tibet and is located in the heart of the Tibetan quarter in Lhasa. Drepung is located 8km west of Lhasa. Founded in 1416, it was once the world's largest monasteries, with up to 10,000 monks. About 600 monks currently live here. Sera is located 5km north of Lhasa. Founded in 1419, it once housed 5000 monks, but now only several hundered live here. Below: Debating practice is held in the courtyard in the afternoons. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Tibet: Kang Rinpoche (Mt Kailash)

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Kang Rinpoche (Mt Kailash). Precious Jewel of Snow:. Navel of the world and home of the gods, the 6714m mountain has long been worshipped by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains of India and Bonpos (Tibet's ancient Bon religion). Four of the subcontinent's great rivers originate here - the Karnali, which feeds into the Ganges, the Indus, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Love Story # 8 Love Story CD (2007). View my complete profile. And call me for free. Altitude sickness with a bang.

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Tibet: Potala Palace

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Built between 1645 and 1694, this nine-storey structure was started by the Fifth Dalai Lama and has been the home to each successive Dalai Lama until 1959. It was also the seat of the Tibetan Government and housed chapels, cells , schools for religious training and tombs for the Dalai Lamas. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Love Story # 8 Love Story CD (2007). View my complete profile. And call me for free. Mantras and high altitude pit stops. Altitude sickness with a bang. Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

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Tibet: Kailash kora

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Setting off on the 52km, 3-day kora (clockwise pilgrimage circuit) around the base of Mt Kailash. Overnight at Dira-puk (4800m), at the end of the first 20km section of the kora - after 5 hours and a pounding headache. An 8am start for the 18km trek and the most difficult section of the kora (arriving at camp at 6.30pm). The slow, difficult uphill trudge through snow and ice, heading for Drolma La, the highest point of the kora . my steps had slowed down to mantra-pace …… Om Mani Padme Hum. An endless la...

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Tibet: The people

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Pemba, my driver Pu-Pu, Tsurim and my guide Kunchok, during a pit-stop. Lunch at a family's home, somewhere between Tingri and Saga, along a dirt road. Above: At the Saga Dawa festival - a Tibetan man sits among the crowd of pilgrims. A picnic lunch at Tarboche during the Saga Dawa gestival. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Love Story # 8 Love Story CD (2007). View my complete profile. And call me for free. Mantras and high altitude pit stops. Altitude sickness with a bang. Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

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Tibet

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And an endless road past endless mountains. The endlessness turns into a barren emptiness. A lone horseman crosses the plain against a snow-capped peak in the background. Two figures standing in the middle of this endless landscape. A nomad shepherd with his goats in the vast emptiness. The long dusty road marked by a row of telephone poles stretching across the landscape. The bare, rocky landscape turns into a grassy plain and eventually gives way to a sandy dessert. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Tibet: Extras

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Tibetan toilets - the outdoor squat variety. No roof. No doors. Stepping over stones to cross a creek. Getting out of my sleeping bag in the middle of the night for a wee. Getting out of the tent in the middle of the night. Squatting behind a rock for a wee. Getting back into the tent. Getting back into the sleeping bag. Any and all physical activities above 3600m. Above: Kettle's boiled . using the sun' s rays to boil water. Pu-Pu doesn't stop for anyone. Not for bikes or other cars. Or trucks.

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Tibet: Get thee to a nunnery

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Get thee to a nunnery. The highlight of my brief stay in Lhasa was a self-planned visit to a nunnery late one afternoon, where I spent a pleasant and entertaining hour. As I stood against the wall of the main chapel listening to the prayers, one of the nuns motioned me over and moved across so I could sit on the cushion with the chanting nuns. Given the great language barrier, we all smiled and nodded at each other. And they kept staring at me. At one point I offered them my Tibet guidebook as I had been...

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Tibet: The long, dusty road

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The long, dusty road. Ten days of bone-rattling, spine-jolting driving along bumpy and dusty dirt roads out to. Western Tibet, covering a 3000km return road trip to some of the most barren and desolate landscapes in the country. A. The first day of our bumpy ride . leaving the Friendship Highway for a dusty detour to Gyantse. Above: Leaving Mt Kailash. Above: Another slowly-winding single-lane dirt road over a high pass, then down again over to the other side. La pass (5160m) before descending into Tsada.

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Tibet: Guge Kingdom

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On the road to Tsaparang and the Guge Kingdom in western Tibet, through a barren landscape and canyons. The 9th century ruins are carved into the steep sides of a ridge, with cave dwellings, monastic buildings and a palace at the top of the ridge. The Guge Kingdom was on an important stop on the trade route between India and Tibet and supported several thousand people by the 10th century. It has been falling into ruin since the 17th century. The Summer Palace complex at the top of the hill.