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Warm shower = heaven!, Tabo, India travel blog

Warm shower = heaven!

A travel blog entry by izzie

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... more antibiotics - I finished my emergency course three days ago and, knowing this tooth, it'll be flaring up any day now. Tabo isn't big enough, but tomorrow I'm going to Kaza and hopefully there'll be a clinic there. Best lasagne ever (apart from ...

Dancing with strangers, Kaza-Tabo-Maling, India travel blog

Dancing with strangers

A travel blog entry by vagabond

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... magnificient monastery and the hours seem to slip by(next morning) as I wander through its ancient walls. A taxi ride takes me from Tabo to Maling, where my travel companion, my bike, is awaiting repairs. The army mechanic does a quick fix and it feels ...

The Mahavairochana Mandala, Tabo Monastery and Spiti Valley, India travel blog

The Mahavairochana Mandala

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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... the Guge Kingdom temples, Tabo Monastery was a glimpse into the past, showing the sacred evolution of Buddhism as it spread from India into Tibet. One thousand years ago, Buddhism was waning in parts of India as seen in the cave temples of Ajanta and ...

Tabo Monastery, Tabo, India travel blog

Tabo Monastery

A travel blog entry by hongkongclauses

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We spent the afternoon visiting Tabo Monastery.  The monastery is built of mud brick and mud stucco, resembling the adobe structures of the U.S. Southwest; stark and beautiful.  We were the only visitors in the afternoon, and apparently there ...

The caves in Tabo, Tabo, India travel blog

The caves in Tabo

A travel blog entry by monostratos

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... is fantastic! The mountains look different here. The cliffs are rugged and pointy, but the slopes are perfectly even, covered with gravel. Tabo sits on the bank of Spiti River, and everything looks lush and green. On both sides huge walls of rock shoot ...

Monastery vilage, Tabo, India travel blog

Monastery vilage

A travel blog entry by maxint

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... really hard to get off the bus. And I start to have my concerns about how will I get on this bus tomorrow. 
The village of Tabo is very small and is built around the gompa. There is a gompa's guest house - here I stay - they have hot water! ...

Jul 24, 2010, TABO, India travel blog

Jul 24, 2010

A travel blog entry by bhanup

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Oh Tabo, Tabo, India travel blog

Oh Tabo

A travel blog entry by froggydiver23

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... with the abbot, Sonam Wangdu, of the monastery.  He escaped with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama XIV, in 1959 and has been in Tabo ever since.  Also, he has a Geshe degree, which takes over 20 years to earn.  It was interesting to hear his ...

Jun 05, 2011, Tabo, India travel blog

Jun 05, 2011

A travel blog entry by cocoandsteve

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These are the Days in Tabo, Tabo, India travel blog

These are the Days in Tabo

A travel blog entry by froggydiver23

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Today, after breakfast we went to the local school in Tabo that is run by the monastery.  We toured thier classrooms and hostels.  The kids' ages ranged from 5 to about 14 or 15.  There were around 300 students, and they all learn English, ...

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