Thomas Brauchle

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Ganden Monastery

Ganden Monastery – honestly hard to describe! A special highlight and the most impressive monastery of our three-week tour – a place wild and majestic, about an hour’s drive from Lhasa, situated in the mountains at around 4200 meters ...
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Lhasa – Barkhor Street

After our visit to Samye Monastery, we returned to Lhasa in the afternoon – a return both wild and relaxed, since there was nothing more planned for the day. We headed back to Barkhor Square, enjoyed the sunshine, chilled out, and fully absorbed the ...
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Samye Monastery

Before breakfast, we chuckled in surprise at the Olympic rings on the stadium in Tsetang – a moment wild and unexpected, before heading to Samye Monastery, a contrast between modernity and history. The journey was really cool: first a beautiful ...
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Royal Tombs of Tsetang

On the second full day in Tsetang, we visited various royal tombs in the Shantung Singh Valley and the temples built atop them – an experience wild and steeped in history, some constructed centuries ago, a contrast between past and heritage.
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Tsetang Yumbulakhang

The first evening in a “proper” Chinese city was somehow funny, but finding a restaurant with at least some photos on the menu proved complicated – a start, wild and unfamiliar, giving us at least a rough idea of what might end up on the ...