When something gets into my head, that’s pretty much it! I never stop! On my birthday, I wanted to go on a dog sledding tour. And, at the end of March, the…
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TIBET (5/5) – a few stories and a few hundred pilgrims
The most sacred place in Tibet is behind me. The Jokhang Temple, considered the “heart of Tibet”. I came here three times to see the pilgrims. For a tourist like myself, the…
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TIBET (4/5) – on yak back to the Everest…
Holy Mother of God! Not even in my worst nightmares have I went to the place I am going to today: one of the most important sacred lakes in Tibet, that is…
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TIBET (3/5) – the spectacle of the monks
I know about Buddhism as much as any normal person who has not studied the history of religions… So I go full of enthusiasm towards two of the most important monasteries in…
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I will either die because of lack of oxygen or because I ask too many questions… Which one?…
Let me start with Dalai Lama… A tabu subject in Tibet! There are no photos of any Dalai Lama. There is one exception, a photo in a monastery with the 13th one.…
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TIBET – adventure on the top of the world (part 1/5)
Wouldn’t it be so cool to travel to Tibet in March, right on my birthday? That’s what I asked myself one day. And I slept on this idea for some time, until,…