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Lhasa sights
A Travel Blog entry by murrayrudd from Lhasa, Xizang, China
... - one had almost 4000 kg of gold and various precious stones encrusting the tomb. Once finished the tour, we headed back to the hotel for lunch and then to the Jokhang Temple, which was just around the corner. This temple is the most important for Tibet ...
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Lhasa, part 2 - getting better all the time
A Travel Blog entry by meryddian from Lhasa, China
... steps but also cause a little extra bodily pain. Tibetan Buddhists ideally want to all do the 52 km kora around the holy Mt. Kailash in Tibet. Walking at a pretty good clip, a pilgrim can do the full circuit in a single day with a predawn start and ...
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Heading back to Lhasa
A Travel Blog entry by sarahbooth from Lhasa, China
... of stops for photos along the way. The journey was now all new to me as not long after the pass we headed towards Lhasa and not Kailash as I had before. We stopped in Tingri for lunch and excellent views of Everest. Just a band of clouds around his ...
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Roof of the World
A Travel Blog entry by radsolv from Lhasa, Tibet, China
... minutes with 'heater' on full. I rarely complain but I said this was unacceptable for a 3* hotel. Was then taken to Tibet Kailash hotel. This room also never warmed aboave 12oC. I agreed to spend first night there and would transfer to [New] Mandala Hotel ...
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My clients Claire Family Stay in Hotel 37
A Travel Blog entry by tibetfoot from Beijing, Beijing, China
... speaking clean and well located, except in Shangri-la ; we would have preferred an hotel located in the Old Town. In Lhassa, Kailash Hotel is well located, and the staff is friendly but is closer to a 2 -star hotel We loved the authenticity and ...
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Occupied territory
A Travel Blog entry by murrayrudd from Lhasa, Xizang, China
... next couple of days with the Potala Palace being turned into a tourist attraction and the proliferation of Dicko's (a Chinese KFC) spread over Lhasa, as well as the designer shops and market madness that seems to come part and parcel of Chinese cities. No ...
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Sera Monestary
A Travel Blog entry by murrayrudd from Lhasa, Xizang, China
Today was a combination of work and sightseeing. I had a western style breakfast at the hotel - nice omelette and passable toast - which was a good start to the day. Then, morning was primarily work and email. After lunch, we visited the Sera monestary, ...
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The roof of the world
A Travel Blog entry by sarahbooth from Lhasa, China
... form but I am now registered for the Tibetan international half marathon on the 10th of September the day after I get back from Mt. Kailash! Only 13 women have entered and around 80 men. I need to collect my things for the race number and T-shirt on ...
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City at the Top of the World
A Travel Blog entry by barrettbingley from Lhasa, China
... main Tibetan area of Lhasa, the rest having been taken over by Han Chinese. Then I went searching for a 4WD tour to Mt. Kailash. I must stepped in a puddle of luck on the way because after checking all the notice boards I found all the posters of said ...
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Tibet - Kindness, oppression and natural splendour
A Travel Blog entry by wenzels from Lhasa, Tibet, China
... They will then swarm through the temples or walk around the site on a so-called "kora". The holiest mountain in Tibet is Mt Kailash in the west. This can be rounded in 3 days by foot, but most pilgrims take considerably longer as they will be prostrating ...
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1e dag Lhasa Kathmandu
A Travel Blog entry by basvansteen from Gyangze, Tibet, China
... onze roadtrip van Lhasa naar Kathmandu! Het eerste deel leidt ons langs de rivier de Brahmaputra. Deze ontspringt aan de heilige Mt. Kailash en stroomt door tot in de Ganges. Dit is een van de heiligste rivieren in het Boedhisme en Hindoeisme. We steken ...
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Kora Mt. Kailash
A Travel Blog entry by remberido from Darcheng, China
... hoogte, dus ... Enfin, onze hoofdbestemming komt dichterbij. Na Paryang naar Darchen de basis van de trek rond Mt Kailash. Het landschap onderweg was adembenemend. Grote grasvlakten met rondom bergen en altijd op de linkerkant de himalaya.Een eerste ...
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Mt Kailash Day 1 Kathmandu - Dram
A Travel Blog entry by johnno from Zangmu, China
... where I find Tashi, one of my former English students from Kopan Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Boudhnath, Nepal. His family apparently own the hotel. We have a very late dinner - the usual curry and rice and then we have to sleep on the floor of the ...
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Start of Our Tibet Tour
A Travel Blog entry by ktandash from Lhasa, Tibet, China
D01: Visit Jorkhang Temple, Barkhor Street & Drepung Monastery. D02: Visit Potala Palace & Sera Monastery D03: Ganden Monastery ...
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Heading back to Nyalam
A Travel Blog entry by sarahbooth from Nyalam, China
... so 30 minutes was enough. When I got back the truck was already there and plans had been made for going out. We headed to the Kailash Hotel for food. Barbara didn't come with us. She wasn't happy about being back in Nyalam or staying at the same hotel. ...
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Silence in the Moonlight with Yellow Tara
A Travel Blog entry by lraleigh from Guge Kingdom, China
As I sit here in the modern city of Lhasa typing at the Business Center of the Yak Hotel, I realize that this entry on the Guge Kingdom has been in my mind for a long time--it would be long and challenging to write, with many photographs to process ...
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Squads to Squalor
A Travel Blog entry by marymc21 from Kathmandu, Nepal
... from the city, for some reason) was like a rougher Connemara. It was bleak, stony, brown and barren. It was amazing. Our hotel in Lhasa was nice AND had a lift, to my surprise and delight. My favourite feature though, was the budgie outside our bedroom. ...
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Buddha's Eyes Watch Us From A Giant Stupa
A Travel Blog entry by inoursuitcase from Bodhnath, Nepal
... for them to get them to a reasonable price.We were dreading going back to Thamel so decided to check into a more peaceful and cheap hotel in Paknajol at the fringe of the tourist zone. That night we met up with the crew of Colombian / Australian Diego, UK ...
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Chinesische Stadt in Tibet / Chinese town in Tibet
A Travel Blog entry by petra_karlaut from Ali, China
... Ali Wir kommen auf unserer West-Tibet Tour ungeplanterweise zweimal nach Ali. Das erste Mal am Samstag 3.6.2006, nach unserer Kailash-Umwanderung, nachdem unser Jeep fast auseinanderfaellt und es nur in Ali die Ersatzteile dafuer gibt (siehe dazu den ...
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Altstadt tibetisch, Neustadt chinesisch / 2 in 1
A Travel Blog entry by petra_karlaut from Gyantse, China
... Kashgar. Our route: Lhasa - Gyantse - Shigatse - Shegar - Mt. Everest Basecamp - Old Tingri - Saga - Lake Manasarovar - Mt. Kailash - Zanda (Zhada) - Ali - Kashgar FIRST DAY: We leave around 8:45 in the morning and shortly before noon we reach the ...
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