Nirvana Hermitage

... Buddha before our time expired; found out that tourist maps of this area are not to scale :(. The Golgul Hermitage structures are built along a narrow, steep ravine -- beautiful functional buildings with the temple at the highest point ...

... Soph saying she hated the night, in the style of a horror film. 16/11/03 At about 11.30am we left Manatheeram for Bethsaida Hermitage in the back of the resorts' coach, for what we thought was going to be a half-hour drive up the coast. It turned ...

... sky. We returned to Rombuck by foot, stopping frequently for one perfect photogenic spot after the other. We also explored a Hermitage covered with prayer flags on the way back, The area was beset with many funeral stupas ...

... rightly, we were at such a high elevation (4,800m) that we certainly had good views anyway!  Apparently Tsongkhapa's hermitage and a sky burial site are located above.   Sky burial has been commonplace in Tibet (other than religious leaders) ...