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Tibet Slideshow
Tibet
Travel Blogs from Tibet, China
still Lhasa
still hanging out in lhasa, it is so cool here. yesterday we went to the sera monastry, which again, was swarming with tibetan pilgrims. the monastry is beautiful inside, really dark and atmospheric, with butter lamps everywhere. we ended up being there ...
Suunnitelmia
Hyvaa Aleksis Kiven paivaa taalta Lhasasta! Iloinen Sancai on hankkinut fillarit alle ja suuntaa viiden paivan kiertueelle huomisesta alkaen eli blogi on jaissa taas tovin. Mukavaa syksyn jatkoa kaikille! ...
Turvallisesti takaisin Lhasassa
Melkoisen huikea 16 paivan jeeppisetti takanapain. Iloinen Sancai on taas nahnyt ja kokenut paljon. On kontattu pitkin muinaisia kuningas kuntia, kylvetty hyvin ohuessa ilmassa, ihmetelty lukuisia vuoristo jarvia ja kierretty toki myos maailman pyhin ...
Start of Our Tibet Tour
D01: Visit Jorkhang Temple, Barkhor Street & Drepung Monastery. D02: Visit Potala Palace & Sera Monastery D03: Ganden Monastery ...
Tsetang
D04: Lhasa to Tsetang. Visited Yumbu Lakang, Tibetan Kings Tombs & Yarlung Valley D05: Tsetang - Visited Samye ...
Holy Land ...... Take 2
... very similar.....however, the Tibetan people are left completley powerless and without any hope... The Lama has been completely exhiled from Tibet by the Chinese Government and the region of Lhasa is being taken over by the Chinese......and by the way it ...
Around the Holy City
Ok, got to Lhasa, in the Tibet Autonomous Region yesterday on the plane from Chengdu. Lhasa is wonderful and interesting. The pace of life is laid-back and relaxed, a very nice place to take a vacation. The population of Lhasa is about 250 thousand; ...
Lhasa, finally!
finally made it into lhasa! got a 4:30am wake-up call in the hotel to catch the first flight of the morning. we actually got to use our permits too - after booking and collecting the tickets without needing to show it, boarding a beijing to lhasa flight ...
Random Lhasa
Today we just hung around Lhasa, choosing to explore the riverside area, some sidestreets, a smaller temple and finishing the day with a traditional show. The riverside was nice and provided nice scenery and a glimpse of life off the tourist-beaten ...
U region
... as in the 'oo' in look) region of Tibet and seeing some amazing things over the past week, which included 3 of Tibet's major monasteries; Sera, Ganden and Reting monasteries. Ganden Monastery, approx 50km from Lhasa, is a tightly packed group of ...
Seven days in Tibet
... of the Tibetan government and the winter residence of the Dalai Lama before he fleed to India in 1959 after the invasion of Tibet by China, I could not visit because they ask for the permit. If I were really motivated, I would have scanned the permit of ...
TIBET LIBRE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
... to Tibet. So the only way in from Nepal is to go though a group tour and on a group visa. You cant actually enter Tibet as an individual traveler. So everyone signs up for tours in jeeps and you have to meet your tibetan guide at the boarder. When ...
Here at last...
Here we go again, plane was delayed yesterday and then cancelled due to bad weather. Today plane was delayed again but now we have a small flying window so are going for it. The plane is a tiny 8 seater twin engine, apparently the largest they can land ...
4th day on the road to Lhasa
Today we drove 90km to Gyantse (3.950m). Again the view along the way is lovely and visited the Pachu monastery. The rest of the afternoon was free. No much to do on that village. We rested from all the ...
Lhasa, Tibet
We have been in Lhasa for 3 days now. Getting used to the altitude and enjoying the smell of incense and the mountains. The flight in was amazing. Peaks sticking through the clouds and yes we saw Everest. From afar. Well we spent 3 days ...
We made it to Lhasa!
... out of the clouds. As time went on there were just mountains and more mountains that looked so close - we now realised why tibet has such a high altitude! We arrived safely in Lhasa and to amazing sunshine and blue skies, such a contrast to the grey ...
The ride
... cars. I wasn't going to do that at first, trying to keep with my budget travel mindset, but the other person in my Tibet group that I traveled with wanted to do it. But "splurge" is a pretty strong term, because the cost difference wasn't much ...
Palkhor Monestary and Kumbum stupa
... monks, meaning that in as much as although we had seen many saffron robed monks along out journey through Tibet, Here there were no mobile phones or Nike trainers. As we entered the temple the usual overpowering smell ...
Overland tour to Tibet
... self. I was picked up at the hotel in the morning and driven to the Friendship Bridge to cross the border into China and the Autonomous Region Tibet. I changed driver and guide here and got some Tibetans in stead. I don't think I would have been able to ...
Tibet
... scholars of Buddhist philosophy and are considered wise beyond all measure. A basic understanding of Buddhism is essential when visiting Tibet. The underlying principle of Buddhism is the four noble truths; all life is suffering, which is caused by ...
Wow - the potala palace
... how cool it was and I'm sure the photos wont do it any justice. It was first built in the 7th century by the 33rd king of tibet. It was then extended in teh 17th century by the 5th Dalai Lama. It's humungous and has over 1000 rooms. The Dalai Lama lived ...
Farewell to land of gods..
100208 Lhasa, Tibet. "...I'm a rat, i'm a rat, i'm a rat, i'm a rat..." Losarit on juhlittu ja rotanvuosi vaihtunut(myos jonkin sortin kissanristiaisia eilen vietettiin).. Jumalten maaperalla on kaupunki venynyt ja paukkunut siihen malliin ...
Gyantze'-Lhasa
Photos sur, foto su, pictures on http://it.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jovanniarecco/album?.dir=/b381scd 4 Settembre Lhasa Siamo tornati a Lhasa dopo il bel periodo a Gyantze'. Spero che vi piacciano le foto che abbiamo fatto . Ho trovato tra l'altro ...
Livia Jones: Missione Tibet
... vari, ma il nostro accompagnatore ci tiene a farci sapere che siamo solo all'inizio del viaggio, e il bello deve ancora venire (e detto da lui, che tra turismo personale e lavorativo viaggia ora per l'ottava volta in Tibet, direi che c'è da ...
Seven(ish) days in Tibet
... just summarize what we observed with the hope that it makes sense of our travel experiences below … During our travels, the Tibet-China debate has typically been presented to us as three main viewpoints. First, people we met in China have ...