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Education Hotel Xigaze

No.25 Shandong Road Xigaze, Tibet, China

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Day 33

A travel blog entry by jessievilla

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... Chinese theme but with a 'techno twist.' The locals dance along and it's like people line dancing with major sedatives inside them. We all get up and join in and it ends up looking like a badly choreographed aerobics class. Couples also dance together, but dance in full-on ballroom fashion - to Chinese Techno-traditional. Like I said, I've never seen anything like it, and doubt i will again.
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Tibet Day 7- Shigatse to Lhasa

A travel blog entry by kateschronicles

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... br> We left Shigatse and headed along the Northern Friendship Highway glad to have the opportunity to see some more of this beautiful countryside on our way back to Lhasa. Mindful of the time we didn’t ask for any toilet stops etc and only stopped when the driver wanted to. Had lunch at some restaurant in a place that the guide didn’t tell us the name of …….then we started to realise that the driver was slowing down again!! We asked ...

3rd day on the road to Lhasa

A travel blog entry by thessa_fred

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Good morning Lhatse. We had some breakfast with no shower.There was no water in the hotel…I'm happy that we have some wet wipes with us.

We head to Shigatse (3.900m). The scenario keeps being amazing. The air is very dry and we get tired very easily just taking 1 step.The headache persists. We stop at Tsu La Pass at 4.500m for some pictures.

Checked in on the hotel, took a quick shower, had some lunch ...

Changement de programme

A travel blog entry by macbab

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... Nous apprenons alors que pour être moine/nonne au Tibet, il faut à présent passé un examen du gouvernement chinois. Si l'examen est réussi, le moine ou la nonne a le devoir de faire des prières pour le gouvernement. On comprend mieux pourquoi si peu de personnes veulent aujourd'hui devenir moine ou nonne au Tibet. A l'époque, il suffisait de se présenter dans un monastère et les moines décidaient si la personne avait les qualités requises pour rejoindre le ...

Burial Place of Pachen Lama

A travel blog entry by adamz

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... interesting fact about Tibetian buddhism is that in some sects the monks are alowed to marry and have children. These monks tend to be the higher level practitioners of the religion and the marriage is a part of a tantric meditation.

Lots of local people around due to it being April in the Tibetian calendar. Could see a number of these doing one of the clockwise circuits around the monastery as well as a few of them relaxing in the courtyards of the ...

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