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of unfamiliar crops and the collectivization of encounter pilgrims who journey to this sacred
dLV LYO RZL_ SP]O^ `YOP]XTYPO _]LOT_TZYLW Buddhist shrine from throughout Tibet.
Tibetan life. The population was further Behold a stunning array of treasures: a grand
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PYNZ`]LRPO YZY ?TMP_LY 3LY .STYP^P [PZ[WP brocades and painted religious scrolls, vivid
_Z ^P__WP TY ?TMP_ _SP]PMd bPLVPYTYR _SP murals, statues of Buddha, and a mandala
cultural foundations of the region. XLOP ZQ [PL]W^ :Q [L]_TN`WL] YZ_P L]P
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In spite of these hardships, Tibetan culture PTRS_ /LWLT 7LXL^ ;P]NSPO ZY =PO 8Z`Y_LTY
has continued to thrive under the stewardship _SP ;LWLNP ZʬP]^ ^bPP[TYR aTPb^ ZQ _SP NT_d
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Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. A charismatic as extraordinary as its interior.
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relations, restoring temples, allowing some _SP ʭ]^_ ^_]PP_ TY _SP ZWOP^_ ^PN_TZY ZQ
religious freedoms, and permitting some 7SL^L bSTNS M`^_WP^ bT_S XL]VP_[WLNP
degree of free enterprise. Attempts by the activity and religious devotion. We enter the
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to China have been unsuccessful so far. L]P WTVPWd _Z ^PP -`OOST^_ [TWR]TX^ XLVTYR
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growing coterie of international celebrities reverence to one of Tibet’s most sacred sites.
and activists, continues in the struggle to ?SZ`^LYO^ ZQ dLV M`__P] NLYOWP^ ʮTNVP] TY^TOP
safeguard Tibetan human rights. beneath the enlightened gaze of the golden
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This evening, we have a dinner at our hotel. statue that the temple was built to house.
Dinner
/TYYP] T^ L_ L WZNLW ]P^_L`]LY_ _ZYTRS_
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 2 Lhasa • Potala Palace • Jhokhang
Temple • Bharkor Street
,Q_P] M]PLVQL^_ L_ Z`] SZ_PW bP ^PP ZYP ZQ Day 3 Lhasa • Sera monastery •
the grandest monuments in all of Asia: the Norbulingka
extraordinary Potala Palace. Built in the 17th This morning, we venture into the city of
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TYNW`OTYR _SP =PO [LWLNP bSP]P _SP /LWLT earned its name for the opulent wild roses
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a labyrinth of mysterious dungeons. It Before 1959, the monastery was the home
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N]LQ_^XPY XZ]P _SLY dPL]^ _Z M`TWO _SP the monastery has only increased in cultural
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architectural triumph was the world’s tallest $ɨ_SP dPL] _SL_ _SP ^PN_ɪ^ QZ`YOP] 5P
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