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Asia » China » Sichuan » Sershul/Serxu August 16th 2013

Hi All, Found the mini bus for Serxu OK. In fact I gone down the day before to find the driver and find out what time he left, this holiday has stretched the limits of my Chinese. Anyway the road went over a beautiful mountain pass, 4200 metres (13,776 feet). The only downer was the weather, it was very wet. Serxu Dzong, 4100 metres (13,448 feet) is really in the middle of nowhere. Again the monastery was undergoing some major reconstruction and none of the halls were open. Like the other buddhist sites we'd seen here, the people walk around and around the monastery chanting prayers and counting beads. I must point out about dogs. There are loads of stray dogs and some of them are big and threatening. In fact on my first walk around ... read more
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Asia » China » Sichuan » Sershul/Serxu June 27th 2012

The trip to Sershu...what a nighmare... Marcelo and I woke up early and we found just next to the exit of the town a car that offered to us take us to our new destination. He charged us low for Sershu Gompa, just 50Y exactly the same as the fair the bus will charge us if that ghost and remote possibility of existence appeared at 8 am there, which did not happened. In the Lonely Planet guide said that it was a trip of 3 to 4 hours. But its end up being more than 7 in a chaotic journey that finally ends well and with joy. We passed around nomads communities, that work with their yaks and live in tends. We drank green tea with cookies. We sang. We took pictures until the good vibe ... read more




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