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Views on the Chinese Liberation of Tibet

The day was spent walking about Lhasa, taking in the sight and the atmosphere. The Tibetan quarters are extremely pleasant and full of happenings. They have all remained pedestrian, with no space f...

The potala, drunken chineses and a poultry market

Another day, another temple. Yesterday the most sacred one, this time the biggest one in the country (well, the Autonomous Region of Tibet). We head off early to Drepung Monastery, a very large co...

White water rafting in the wilderness of Tibet

The day has finally arrived ! We are terribly excited about the prospect of going white-water-rafting in Tibet. Hopefully, we might even get a T-shirt to prove it. Chris, the Australian chap in...

A debate amongst the monks

Our last day in Lhasa. We planned to take a jeep and go to Namtso Lake (5 hour journey one way) and come back during the day (10 hour journey total). Namtso lake is the second largest salt water la...

Intrepid Season 2005 - China, Tibet, & Nepal (part III)

August 11, 2005 Well, that was certainly an interesting trip - to say the least! I was supposed to have a full group, 12 passengers, but one passenger cancelled before I ever met him as he w...