Tashilunpo Monestary...

...and home of the Panchen Lama in the 2nd largest city in Tibet, Shigatse. The mountains in the background are the locations for the "sky-burials". (The cutting-up of the corpse, and feeding to the vultures.)

#51 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (TIBET #1- Train from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet)

August 27th 2006
The journey to Tibet has been a life's dream. For as long as I remember, its mysterious history and the hopes and the tribulations and the complications in its existence have been of fascination. But any pre-conceptions must adjust rather quickly to reality, for I was on a train, filled to capacity with fellow travellers from around the world, hoping to be one of the first to get a glimpse in ... read more

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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

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