http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zedong/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Tibet , Zedong en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:15:06 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:15:06 +0000 Gandan Monastery In Dagze County 60 kilometers to the east of Lhasa it is one of the three great monasteries in Lhasa and one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug Sect. Gandan means happiness and contentedness in Tibetan. The Ganden Monastery was built in early 15th century under the supervision of Tsongkapa the founder of the Gelug Sect. The main buildings include the Coqen Hall the Chamb http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zedong/blog-397948.html Leaving early as we are rolling two days into one today to try and catch up on our itinerary so as not to miss out anything in Lhasa. So we start our long journey hearing stories from our guide and driver about other groups being stuck due to car trouble and weather hindering progress. The journey is slow today again and in the end takes us about 12 hours. We had a couple of high passes that c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Zedong/blog-160620.html