Gyantse Monastery

Unfortunately Gyantse Monastery is not what it used to be. The magnificent walls that surround the Kumbum (100,000 images of Buddha) in the Palcho Temple were mostly destroyed in 1959 during the Chinese cultural revolution. We weren't even allowed to go and visit the ruins.

This Country Makes Me Sick

October 30th 2008
Lhasa - Yamdrok-tso Lake - Gyantse - Shigaste - Shegar - Everest Base Camp - Old Tingri - Zhangmu This week Occasionally Bob's special guest is… Bob's Mum “Quickly! Quickly”, the carriage attendants said as they excitedly grabbed our unpacked belongings from our compartment and threw them out the carriage door onto the platform. It seemed we’d missed the wake-up call. The rest ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet

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

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