Last Round in Golok
July 26th 2006 A grand finale--my last month in Golok for the summer! July is the season for festivals, and the landscape of Golok is lush after the June rains. The grasslands have deep emerald sheen speckled with wildflowers. Friends join me for several weeks of monastery visits, rides on bumpy back roads, and a horse-packing trip through Nyenpo Yutse, a sacred mountain range and legendary source of the Golok t
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