Today we had a 6 hour drive in the van to our next stop, Shigatse which is the second largest city in TIbet, west of Lhasa. The ride was enjoyable since we got to chat with all the awesome travelers on our tour and luckily the roads were nice and smooth, totally unexpected.The scenery here…
Tag: monastery
1 Monastery, 2 Monasteries, 3 Monast…..
We started at the same time in the morning to visit Drepung Monastery located at the foot of Mount Gephel. This is one of the “great three” Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. The other two are Ganden and Sera. The explanations of the guide are spot on and we are learning a lot about Tibetan Buddhism, from traditions to…
The Land Of The Snow
Today we finally met our tour buddies that will be touring with us for the next 8 days! We can only say we are so lucky to get such a nice group, 3 British, 2 Mexicans, 1 Argentinian, 1 Peruvian and 2 Americans make our very diverse group. We hit it off immediately as everybody here…
The Flight To The Top Of The World
Disclaimer because I’m paranoid: The “Autonomous” region of Tibet is one of the most politically sensitive disputed territories in the world. I will try to stay away from political comments, unless is absolutely necessary for the story. If you know me even a little bit you will know which side I support and which side…
Cezu Tinbadeh Myanmar
Disclaimer: No idea how, but all this happened in a single day. Enjoy! We learned how to say thank you in Burmese really fast, “Cezu Tinbadeh”, when the locals said it to us it really sounded like “Cheese and Tamales”, so that is what we said every time we wanted to thank a local person….
No More Buddhas Please!!!
Today we were woken up by loud music. This town starts the party around 6am…luckily we had to wake up early otherwise it would have been really annoying. We took the bumpiest bus ride ever back to Mandalay, it was about a 4 hour ride but it felt like 22 hours long. We had a bathroom…
WHERE IS NOODLE 