"In theory we would have needed a permit to go to Samye, but upon the advice of a local travel agent, we just took our chances and hopped on a local bus this morning (at 6am.. and t ..."
"Yesterday was another day just walking around exploring. I went to Sera Monastary which used to have 5000 monks living in its walls. It was actually really cool especially since me ..."
"Samye is one of the outlying monasteries in the Lhasa area, set in a remote area near the river. We set off from Lhasa at the crack of dawn on one of the pilgrim buses and arrived ..."
"This internet cafe won't allow upload of photos so let words do the talking. Left Lhasa for 10 hours drive to Samye monastery, amazing scenery - huge hill sized sand dunes, blue ri ..."
Samye, China
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