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Dregung Till Monastery & Tidrum Nunnery Daytrip

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October 28th 2008
The weather cleared up a bit today, and we began our two and half hour long drive to Drigung Till (Thel) Monastery and Drigung Terdrom (Tidrum) Nunnery. I think the ride itself may have been a cooler experience than the actual places we were going - not to say the places we went were boring in any way, they were absolutely amazing. Snowfall from the night before left many of the mountains and ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more