Wutse Hotel Xigaze
Sichuan South Road Xigaze, Tibet, China
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Day 33
... a shot glass to drink it out of. They have a conveyor belt of live singers on stage who come on, sing one mournful Chinese tune then shuffle off, to be replaced by the next. It was like a really depressing version of 'Tibet's Got Talent.' Then the 'show' starts, at which point the whole thing descends into insanity - man dancing in masks, girls singing with a fake sheep, group dances - all with ...
Tibet Day 7- Shigatse to Lhasa
... but we were a wake-up to this move and demanded to be taken to the market - which believe it or not, they had to phone someone to find out where it was! Just as well we did as many of us picked up some true Tibetan souvenirs (as opposed to the many Chinese ones in Lhasa) and felt like we were actually contributing something to the people of Tibet. OH and we have the dreaded homicidal driver again…..apparently the other group didn't like him ...
Getting High
... to Mt Everest base camp in 3 days, after that it's all downhill into Nepal.
I expect my next internet access will be in Kathmandu next Friday. I'm hoping Facebook will finally be available there. ( blocked by the Gov't in China & Tibet)
Hope All are well back home,
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Changement de programme
... s intéressantes. Le monastère de Rongbu est le plus haut monastère de monde. Lorsque Nyingmapa lama est arrivé dans la région, il s'est d'abord installé dans une grotte un peu haut en direction du mont Everest pour méditer. Après quelques temps, il a fondé le monastère de Rongbu en 1901. Ce monastère accueille des moines et des nonnes, ils vivent cependant dans des appartements séparés. A l'époque, on y comptait 500 moines et nonnes. Aujourd'hui, il ne serait plus ...
Burial Place of Pachen Lama
... heart condition at the age of 45 while travelling from Beijing back to TIbet. Should also be note that the latest lama resides in Beijing rather than Tibet.
In esssence the monastery we visited holds the tombs of all the past lamas with the exception of those that were destroyed during the cultural revolution. In this case the few remains from the tombs that were destroyed were placed into a single new tomb that was created by the 10th Pachen lama.
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This hotel was formerly known as: Wutse


