Shannan Hotel Tsetang
No.19 Naidong Road Tsetang, Tibet, China
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An adventure comes sadly to end
... to the altitude but at least it is only 3600m. The monastery was built in 8th century by the Lotus Budda and today there 500 monks there
Gwen gets a special blessing to her beads, bracelets and other memorabilia she has purchased and I made a small donation to the Budda of longevity and before leaving the monastery Gwen did a circuit of one of the lines of prayer wheels (see video).
At the ...
More temples
... the cultural revolution, what a shame. We have to climb about 50 steps to get to the top where first encounter an old woman, or should I say elderly, selling off cuts of Jade Gwen buys two pieces for 25yuan. We walk through te temple and take some photos at a price. Then Gwen, driver Mr. Yu and guide Dicky have a discussion with one of the monks about the merits of calendula as a herb.
After taking a few photos ...
3 nights here
... numerous rock falls on the road. Due to the rain and low cloud that reduced visibility to a matter of yards no photos of decent.
I am never ceased to be amazed by the scenery. Just about every gully has at its end a river of gravel gust like a glacier. The make up of the mountain ranges seems to change all the time some sandstone, some slate but not many large bolder but mostly loosely packed. ...
Friendly and Not so "Ho-Hum" Tsedang
... often that it was a real pity that these initiatives were not better recognised or even acknowledged by our somewhat arrogant western societies who regularly paint China as an over-exploiting and uncaring polluter with little or no regard for environmental matters.
Coming into the township of Tsedang our hearts sank as the outskirts of the town were extremely poor and like everything, coated with dust and debris. This ...
Lhasa
... meeting the people was to see Poletta Palace....where the Dali Lama used to have residence before the Chinese chased him out. This is stunning on the outside but a little disappointing on the inside and even more so when you see realises how much the Chinese have suppressed the Tibetans. Our guide could not tell us too much about his culture (he was Tibetan) for fear of being thrown in ...
