Prayer Hall, Ganden

Ganden to Samye (with a caravan of Yak!)

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August 11th 2007
Early in the morning the eight of us assembled outside ‘snowlands hostel’ to await transport to the start of our trek. There was myself and Fred, Gerald and Tom -the two Oxford students we’d met-, Dave and James -two English guys travelling in Tibet who’d seen the poster we made to recruit fellow trekkers for the venture-, and Sebastian & Juliet -a German couple who’d also opted to join ... 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