Snooping around the Dalai Lamas house

"The white palace"

Rate this pic:

Rate!

Add Comment >>

Your Name:

Your Comment:

China Picture by k.thambi
Travel story: Snooping around the Dalai Lamas house

Thanks to the incredibly strict regulations of the Chinese government, the only way we could visit Tibet was by a guided tour. Today was day 1 of the 3 day tour and we would get to see two major attractions: Potala Palace, the home of the Dalai Lama, and Sera Monastery, hang-out of lots of monks.



Potala Palace is an impressive 1000-room white and red building built on the side of one of the mountains in the middle of Lhasa. I think after the great wall, its the next most... More