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A Mysterious, Mythical Region
8 Reviews and 61 Opinions This is a supposedly 3 star hotel but why remains a mystery. We stayed there for 2 days on our...
1 Review and 65 Opinions I stayed at this hotel in February 2007. The beds were hard, but that's normal in China. They had...
2 Reviews and 29 Opinions The hotel's official rating is ***, which did mean it was pretty basic - and so it was (it would not...
Maria81 Says: Dalai LamaTitled 'Ocean of Wisdom", the Dalai Lama is a high lama of the Gelugpa order (though not its official head!) and has historically been both the...
Maria81 Says: Hello - Tashi delekGood morning - Nga to delek (also used for good afternoon and good evening)Goodbye - Kha leh phe (if you are the one leaving) or Kha leh shu...
Any tourist souvenir stall: Masks
Maria81 Says: Ba, or Tibetan masks, also make excellent souvenirs - bright-coloured, exotic. The masks are thought to originate from the 6th century when Bonpo priests...
Maria81 Says: In the Gelugpa and Sakya traditions, monastery lamas are required to take part in the debates to further their study of Buddhism and progress to more advanced...
Maria81 Says: The Friendship Highway is the main road link in Tibet, so whether you hire a Land Cruiser, hitch-hike on the back of a pilgrim truck or use public transport...
Maria81 Says: King Songtsen Gampo is probably the most prominent figure in the Tibetan history, who is responsible, among other things, for the construction of the Potala...
Maria81 Says: What?Sakya Monastery is the main religious centre of the Sakyapa school of Tibetan Buddhism, which dominated the religious life of the country before the rise...
Maria81 Says: Being in Lhasa one does not notice it so much, but Tibet really has quite a lot of beggars (not counting monks' alms here!) - and the more you go to south-west...
Any tourist or pilgrim stall: Prayer Wheels
Maria81 Says: Prayer wheels - of varying sizes - are another popular item available at souvenir and pilgrim stalls. They may contain up to a million of prayer lines, which...
Maria81 Says: Karo La is one of the mountain passes (ca. 4950m high) you drive through following the Tibet's main tourist circuit, the loop from Lhasa to Everest Base Camp...
Monasteries and the Cultural Revolution
Maria81 Says: One of the things you constantly hear in Tibet is 'The monastery was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and subsequently restored' - this was the case for...
Maria81 Says: What is it?Acute Mountain Sickness is a name for a host of symptoms that can appear as the oxygen content in the air is reduced when people ascend to higher...
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We tried to use this airport because the road to Lhasa was taken out by a rock slide when we attempted to drive overland to Lhasa. It was several days drive...
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Q: I am planning a trip of a life time and have two years to do so… so first I want to get some ideas from seasoned travelers and...
A: If you want to hike or bike, Tibet (which is stunning, by the way) is probably not going to work out. The Chinese government will only issue permits for people to enter...
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The Roof of the World - Under Construction
Mystical, magical, incomprehensible Tibet offers an overload on the senses: the gaspingly thin air; the overwhelming beauty of the world’s highest mountains; the haunting images of Buddhas, deities......
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For my latest trip in August 2006, I entered Tibet from Nepal to go all the 1.000km to Lhasa by Jeep. The typical route went from Kathmandu to the bordertown Kodari with getting stopped by the Maoists...
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In 1991 I visited Tibet as part of a trip to Mongolia and Tibet with Tibetan Buddhism as ''red thread''. After visiting the Tibetan monasteries in Erdene Zuu in Mongolia and Labrang in the Gansu...
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TIBET: unique people in unique land... and Beijing
About travelling Tibet... The time I was in Tibet was one of the most memorable during my Asiatrip. After flying in from Chengdu, I spent 2 great weeks in and around Lhasa, astonished by the...
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T I B E T, also called Tibet Autonomous Region or TAR, lies in the southwestern part of China and takes up about one eighth of China. It is the highest region in the world. Tibet is gifted with...
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