Kathmandu to Lhasa 150906A

Kathmandu to Lhasa

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September 15th 2006
It ended up being a late start because the meeting time was changed by Karma at breakfast, after half the group had already eaten & left the restaurant. We waited in the bus for over an hour & when nobody else showed, headed off to Drepung monastery, located in the mountain foothills about ten kilometers from Lhasa. The best thing about this monastery was the talk that Karma gave us about his reli ... read more

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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