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Potala Palace Lhasa

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  • Apr 18, 2005: ... a short walk from the bus station to look at the Potala Palace a massive and imposing building (13 storeys and over 1,000 ...
  • Jul 1, 2006: ... more secret than others. I wondered what they were thinking. The Potala Palace was clearly the empty home of the Dalai Lama. ...
  • Apr 29, 2004: ... There are several important temples in and around Lhasa, in addition to Potala Palace (the home of the Dalai Lama before he ...
  • May 8, 2005: ... Kind of like the Chinese flag which flies above the Potala Palace. From Shigatse, we headed on to the remote village ...

Jokhang Temple Lhasa

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  • Jul 1, 2006: ... " in Chinese and is their form of geomancy). The Jokhang Temple is also deemed sacred for the relicts contained within it. ...
  • Apr 29, 2004: ... he took us to Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, and Jokhang Temple, and explained about Buddhist history, Tibetan history ...
  • Dec 2, 2008: ... for food on streets in Lugu in the southwest of Jokhang Temple". Nowadays, Tibetan people have much longer life expectancy ...
  • Jul 17, 2005: ... to lead to the Barkhor Market which surrounds the Jokhang temple. We join the clockwise throng of people circumambulating ...

Barkhor Street Lhasa

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  • Jun 22, 2007: ... .  Of course what is a visit any where in China without shopping stops.  In Lhasa it is the Barkhor Street.
  • Sep 28, 2009: ... After we visited Jokhang Temple, our guide took us to visit Barkhor Street. It wasn't a far walk, because it is a round road ...
  • Sep 17, 2007: ... , Dalai Lama's Summer palace and Barkhor street. although we did all 3 same day   Lhasa was one of the most ...
  • Jul 2, 2006: ... with top-end shops flanking on both sides.  The Barkhor street was so huge and comfortable to walk on but clearly ...

Drepung Monastery (Zhebang Si) Lhasa

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  • Apr 29, 2004: ... first couple of days), and he took us to Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, and Jokhang Temple, and explained about Buddhist ...
  • Jul 17, 2005: ... we decide to head out of town 10km in a taxi to the Drepung Monastery. Lhasa is full of 1980's VW Santanas that are used as ...
  • Oct 16, 2004: ... - this is a holy place- please keep quiet" notice in Drepung monastery, as monk yells into his mobile phone before returning ...
  • Jul 5, 2008: ... the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader. The Drepung monastery remains closed to visitors. And despite the ...

Sera Monastery Lhasa

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  • Apr 29, 2004: ... of days), and he took us to Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, and Jokhang Temple, and explained about Buddhist history, ...
  • Nov 3, 2006: ... as Barkor Square, the fantastic mountains surrounding Lhasa, and the Sera Monastery where Bhuddist monks recite their sacred ...
  • Oct 16, 2004: ... and we have been doing plenty of that. Sera Monastery just outside Lhasa gave us the opportunity to witness monks debating ...
  • Aug 10, 2005: ... day in the end. On our final afternoon in Lhasa we visited sera monastery, to the north of the city. Famous for the " ...

Ramoche Monastery (Xiao Zhao Si) Lhasa

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  • Sep 10, 2006: ... were at the hotel, Pilgrimage Inn just past the Ramoche monastery. I left my bags, rang the racecourse and headed straight ...

Ganden Monastery Lhasa

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  • Jun 19, 2002: ... cheap ride out to the monestary in a private land cruiser. -- Ganden monastery It was my first full-day out and about ...
  • Aug 17, 2007: With the rain still coming down we headed up to the Ganden monastery to have a look around. We were blessed by a monk by ...
  • Mar 14, 2006: ... monasteries; Sera, Ganden and Reting monasteries. Ganden Monastery, approx 50km from Lhasa, is a tightly packed group of ...
  • Jun 19, 2007: ... klaar voor de start, met ons minibusje aankomen bij de Ganden Monastery, zijn we verheugd dat we beginnen, maar ook ...

Norbulingka (Precious Stone Garden) Lhasa

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  • Apr 29, 2004: ... being intensely depressing. We felt the same when visiting Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's Summer Palace. It's so sterile and ...
  • Nov 5, 2006: ... leading to the three main palaces on the property. Norbulingka, also houses an unfortunate zoo in disrepair with more ...
  • Jul 1, 2007: ... here the rest of our time in Lhasa.  That day we also decided to visit Norbulingka, the summer residence of the Dalai ...
  • Aug 16, 2007: ... i mesitu (poprvé v arabském stylu). Dalsí zastávkou je Norbulingka, letní rezidence Dalai Lamy, momentálně by zde měl ...

Chimpu Caves (Qingpu Shandňng) Lhasa

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