Phugtal Gompa 5

Phugtal Gompa

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November 2nd 2013
Here we are, just 2 hours walk from our campsite: Phugtal Monastery! I have been dreaming so much of this place; when we arrived I took plenty of pictures and only later I realized I had left a setting on my camera to take low res pictures! 10 points for the would be professional photographer. Small disappointment again, but don't let this get in the way. At first we were not so impre ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more