For relaxing and laying fallow


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August 20th 2010
Published: August 21st 2010
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Or so a sign read at a park in Zhangye. Now I am no expert, but as far as I know fields lay fallow, not people. However I did decide to heed the sign since relaxing and laying fallow sounded quite good at the time. Before stumbling upon this sign I was still travelling at a fair pace and exhausting myself in the process. After Dunhuang, I got a bus to Jiayuguan, a name I kept mispronouncing and ... Read Full Entry



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Great Buddha Temple
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Fine woodcarvings
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Skyline at night
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Stupa's at Yango Monastery
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Yango Monastery
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Buddha's outside Mango Monastery
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View over the Tibetan part of Tongren
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In front of the Rongwo Gonchen Gompa, Tongrens main monastery
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Roofs of the Rongwo Gonchen Gompa
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Labrang Monastery
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Rooftops
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Temples inside Labrang
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Taking a rest
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Getting ready for mid-day prayers
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Chatting with ones fellow monks
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He has got a big hat, which he needs to protect with a big metal rod... Because everybody wants that hat
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Chanting
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And all chanting together



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