Shigaste, China

Travel Blogs from Shigaste (5)

Road to the west II (empty), Shigaste, China travel blog
Road to the west II (empty)
Sep 21, 2006

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A travel blog entry by globalfly
Getting High in Tibet, Mount Everest, Yamdrok Tso, Gyantse, Shigaste, Nam Tso, China travel blog
Getting High in Tibet
Sep 24, 2006

... Tibet is the birth place to most major Asian rivers including the holy rivers of India. Hence India's fright as China is planning 8 major super dams to regulate rivers that extend into many of its neighboring countries, possibly killing pilgrimage meccas ...

A travel blog entry by mjlankers
Shigaste via the most amazing lake view, Shigaste, China travel blog
Shigaste via the most amazing lake view
Oct 1, 2007

... felt a lot cleaner, had less dust and the most magnificent clear blue skies for our visit.   The main attraction in Shigaste is the Tashilhunpo Monastery which is also part of the Yellow Hat sect but this was the seat of the Panchen Lama as opposed ...

A travel blog entry by jmabro
Shigaste and Gyanste, Shigaste, China travel blog
Shigaste and Gyanste
Aug 6, 2007

... and uses the water from this dead lake( a lake that can't replenish itself) to be used for electricity. we then arrived in Shigaste to visit Tashilhunpo Monastery, I decided to opt out of the visit inside and went for a walk around the Kora. I hae learnt ...

A travel blog entry by donnalee01

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