Travel Blog Photos from Sakya (72)
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... was the first religious government with a lama as head of state. It set an important precedence for Tibetan government. We left Sakya at about 1pm and traveled to our next destination of Lhatse at an elevation of 4050m. This is the smallest town of ...
... hair. They have never seen such odd looking people. We become pied pipers as these little people follow us everywhere, including the Sakya Monastery which is the reason we came to this out of the way post. I love that the towns' childfolk have welcomed ...
This afternoon we arrived in Sakya. We found a hotel which was actually a little Tibetan Guesthouse run by a local family. At this stage we were starting to get a bit worried about the cold and we were happy to find out that this place had little stove ...
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Potala Palace repairs near completion
Posted on Jan 13, 2009, 01:55:45
The second-phase repair work on the Potala Palace, an iconic building in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, is nearing completion, said an administrative official Sunday. Champa Kelsang, chief of the administration for Potala Palace, ...
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Tibet Encounter Tour
Posted on Nov 6, 2007, 03:14:45
... tour with a visit to Kathmandu. Day to Day Itinerary Day 01, Sat: Kathmandu / Lhasa (flight) We depart Kathmandu on a China Southwest Airline flight that wings us over the Himalayas to Gonggar on what must be one of the most spectacular flights in the ...
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