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Ganden Sumtseling Gompa  
   

Ganden Sumtseling Gompa

Tibetan, Naxi, Bai: Minorities of NW Yunnan

November 10th 2007
In Tibet's Shadow Before six the following morning in a cold darkness after the moon sets and the sun rises, four Brits, a Czech and I stand at the depot awaiting a bus that does not come. Shortly past nine we pile into a minivan for the joureny south into Yunnan. We've been warned of a four hour section along an unmettled road and keep an anxious eye out. We climb into the mountains hea ... read more
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