Gyangze, Tibet, China

... .  There was hardly anyone in the square; I don't know if its a kind of quiet refusal to accept the China that's being manufactured in Tibet, or just a natural aversion to a pretty repulsive piece of central planning... but it made me smile to see the ...

... monks, I mean that in as much as although we  had seen many a saffron robed monk along out journey through Tibet, Here there were no mobile phones, and we entered into  the temple to the usual over pewering smell of burning butter ( ...

... foto encima de un yak o con uno de los perros de la zona. Eran un poco pesaditos a veces, pero viven de eso... En Gyangze vimos otro monasterio, el de Palkhor. En este se pusieron un poco bordes los monjes. Aparte de cobrarte la entrada de 50 yuan, luego ...

... .” Following the chapel we visit the Gyantse Kumbum the largest chorten (stupa/place where religious relics are kept) in Tibet. The Kumbum is shaped like a gigantic ice cream cone – it's a spiraling tiered structure painted white. Every 10 ...