Side Trip to Labrang Monastery

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March 28th 2013

Published: March 29th 2013

26 March 2012 Tuesday. As breakfast wasn’t served until 7 am we decided to take the 8:30 bus to Xiahe (the other departure times are 7:30 am, 2 and 3 pm; cost: 76.5 RMB). Even then due to the time it took to check out and deposit some bags with the hotel for our return, and then the taxi ride to the South Bus Station, we didn't get there until 8:30. We easily found the place that sold ticket... Read Full Entry

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Bob Carlsen

Home and Away

I started blogging on Travelblog in 2009, entering trips beginning in 2007. My intention has always been to document my years of travel since my birth...how else was I to save all the slides my Dad took of my childhood! Most bloggers write about their trips away from home. Mine, and eventually Linda's, homes have usually been where people travel to. So the idea eventually percolated to name our blog "Home and Away." The blog is not intended to be an autobiography, although I spent my entire life traveling, with Linda joining me after college, it may appear to be that way. As this... full info

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29th March 2013

auspicious
Michelle Duer

Glad to hear that your leg is getting better after the greater discomfort and limitations you experienced in your previous blogs (minus at the airport, hehe). Your trip is getting more and more interesting as you run into obstacles with police warnings, hotels, heating, and lost mustaches! I really love the history that runs through your blogs, not only in observing new places, but in sharing stories of your parents, yourself and your son. Great blog and can't wait to read more!

30th March 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Sharing adventures!
Thanks for following along. I'm about to start my next blog about the Lanzhou - Dunhuang segment fo the Silk Road starting with Will ending up in the hospital in Dunhuang...such great adventures!

29th March 2013

Judy Seckinger
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haircut
It is good that you have a great sense of humor! I can picture the whole thing! Now you have gotten payback for cutting six inches off one side of my hair in Tanah Rata. Is it ok to use what mom gave me in Colorado....you had said the end of March.

30th March 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Haircut
I don't remember cutting your hair in Tanah Rata! Can you wait until 3 April to use what Mom gave you?

30th March 2013

David
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Hairless and sick!
Hi Bob, Keep slogging! Somewhat envious of your supreme knowledge through family history and your present adventure amongst Tibetan culture. Keep taking the colosrum! We managed five whole weeks in India without Delhi-belly thanks to colosrum! David David

7th April 2013

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Very cool to retrace your parents path!
Sorry to hear about the beard and mustache incident but they will grow back. Love the photos...an amazing part of the world.

8th April 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Labrang...the next best thing to actually visiting Tibet...
as for the trains, soft sleepers are the comfortable way of putting many miles behind you during the night. If there is anything specific you want to know, just ask...perhaps in a private message

28th April 2013

These jolly young pilgrims insisted that I take their picture

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

DEJA VU?
Hope your trip to Labrang satisfied your hopes & desires in visiting the place of your parent's wedding that took place so long ago. Trust you had feelings of excitement and fulfillment in completing this part of your quest. What a privilege to have done so.

28th April 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Deja Vu...
I have wanted to visit Labrang for many years, and wasn't allowed to do so when we visited China in 2009...so this was a dream come true. Although I enjoyed walking in the footsteps of my parents, the best part was interacting with the Tibetan monks and pilgrims...showing them the pictures my Dad had taken 65 years ago; and having them stare in wonder, amazed that there were even foreigners here that long ago. When I took a portrait of the woman pilgrim I was thinking of your portraits...I probably should have gotten even closer.

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