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Gar Travel Blogs (23)
Tibet Transects: Axis Mundi, Mt. Kailash, Manasarovar, and Guge Kingdom, Tibet, China travel blog

Tibet Transects: Axis Mundi

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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The center of the physical and metaphysical world for Buddhists, Bonpos, Jains, and Hindus is found in far western Tibet. With the Indian and Nepali Himalayas to the south, Kashmir and Ladakh to the west, the immense Chang Tang plains to the north, ...

Team Kora, Mt. Kailash, China travel blog

Team Kora

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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I awoke at 4:45 am, an hour before my alarm was set. That was the nature of my excitement as I began my second kora at 5:06 under the light of a waning gibbous moon. The buildings of Darchen, as I walked to the outskirts of town were black ...

The Kailash Kora and the Lost Kingdom of Guge, City? what city?  this is the middle of nowhere, China travel blog

The Kailash Kora and the Lost Kingdom of Guge

A travel blog entry by barrettbingley

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I saw many incredible, odd, and unique sights all throughout my tour of Western Tibet but this entry I'm going to focus on the two center-pieces if the trip - the kora (walking circumabulation) of the holy Mt. Kailash and my exploration of the ruins of ...

Kora Mt. Kailash, Darcheng, China travel blog

Kora Mt. Kailash

A travel blog entry by remberido

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Eerst en vooral bedankt voor jullie mailtjes, het doet me veel plezier te horen hoe het met jullie gaat. Ik ga proberen te vertellen hoe onze laatste 15 dagen er hebben uitgezien. We zijn vertrokken met jeep en driver richting Mt Kailash. De eerste dag ...

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