A debate amongst the monks

"The debating monastry"

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Travel story: 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 lake in Tibet and is the only one to be sacred (I forget why). Every pilgrim is supposed to walk all the way around it (about 200kms); foreigners are excused of this duty and only have to walk around 2 large stones (about 20 meters). After seeing the jeep and the driver, we decided to cancel the tour... More