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22 reviews 70 travel blogs 243 photos Attraction Type:
Religious site, Historic site
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The road to Lhasa
... m in Lhasa; we were both huffing like the Marlboro Man for the first couple of days), and he took us to Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, and Jokhang Temple, and explained about Buddhist history, Tibetan history before and after the "liberation" by the ...
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Lhasa, on the roof of the world
... Our tickets are for the day after next, so on the next day 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 Taxis. I find it stange as the car was a complete disaster in Europe, ...
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Kora-rama...pilgrims, potala and prostrations...
Factoid: "Notice for Foreign visitors- this is a holy place- please keep quiet" notice in Drepung monastery, as monk yells into his mobile phone before returning to his chants and gong beating...a sign of the times? Abstract: Arrived in Lhasa, ...
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Inauspicious Start in Lhasa
... I?" The next few days were filled with guided tours (courtesy of our mountain bike tour) of a few monasteries in the area. Drepung monastery, only a few kilometers out of town, was huge. At it' height our guide told us that it housed over 7,000 ...
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Nine days in Tibet
... turned out to be the first day of a week of religious festivals, and with some jeep friends I headed out to Drepung monastery, 8km west of Lhasa, at 06:00 in the morning. Despite the early hour, dozens of private buses were already driving around the ...
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Top of the World
... culture collided. I enjoy the Monks here a lot. There seems be a huge number aged from about 18 to 28. We visited Drepung Monastery today and it was very interesting. It is the largest Monastery in Tibet and was a highlight for us. Since this is the ...
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The Monastery, the Beggars and a Change of Plan
Drepung Monastery, built in the early 1400's, was once the largest monastery in the world. By the 17th century, 7000 monks lived there. Weathered, but still in remarkable condition, it sits terraced at the base of a mountain. Drepung, save for us and a ...
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City at the Top of the World
... library and that I have graduated with my Master's Degree! Sweet times indeed. Tons more to tell but I must get to bed so I can head out early for Drepung Monastery, formerly the largest monastery in the world with 10,000 monks in ...
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Lhasa Lhasa Lhasa
... or "Hello, give me Money, give me money. Hello Hello" I don't think they realize how rude that sounds. Drepung Monastery On Jesse's birthday, we visited Drepung Monastery. Drepung means rice heap in Tibetan, since the mostly white monastery complex ...
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High Altitude
... various relics in a four storey traditional structure. The museum was pretty good with some interesting displays on Tibetan culture. We ended the day with dinner and plans to get Potala tickets the next day and then go see Drepung ...
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