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in the town, four stories high and with ?SPY bP NZY_TY`P Z`] ZaP]WLYO _]PV _Z
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monastery was built to house precious gifts LYO aT^T_ L WZNLW XL]VP_ BPɪWW _SPY NSPNV
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disciples.We move from within the monastery acclimate before gathering again for dinner.
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example of “Yellow Hat” architecture was
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Day 6 Shigatse • Tashilhunpo Monastery
and served as the summer home of successive
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/LWLT 7LXL^ `Y_TW _SP WL_P $ ^ BP PYUZd
city in Tibet, and its Tashilhunpo Monastery,
dinner at a local restaurant tonight.
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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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_]LOT_TZYLW ^PL_ ZQ _SP ;LYNSPY 7LXL^ _SP
^PNZYO STRSP^_ ]LYVTYR 7LXL TY _SP 2PW`V[L
Day 4 Lhasa • Yamtrok Lake • Gyantse _]LOT_TZY 7ZNL_PO ZY L STWW TY _SP NPY_P] ZQ _SP
?ZOLd bP WPLaP 7SL^L LYO _]LaPW ZaP]WLYO city, the monastery’s name means “all fortune
ZY _SP ɭ1]TPYO^ST[ 3TRSbLdɮ _Z DLX_]ZV and happiness gathered here,” or “heap of
7LVP >[PN_LN`WL] XZ`Y_LTY aTPb^ RTaP bLd RWZ]d ɮ ?SP XZYL^_P]d QPL_`]P^ M]ZYeP RL_PO
to the bluest water as we come upon the chapels and hundreds of Buddha statues.
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_]LY^QZ]XL_TZY ZQ L RZOOP^^ >PPY Q]ZX LMZaP TY $#$ ^PaP]LW XZYV^ NZY_TY`Z`^Wd []Ld QZ]
with its unique fan shape, the mythology his new incarnation as an infant.
is believable. After admiring the beauty of
We’ll gather for lunch, then you are free to
DLX_]ZV bP NZY_TY`P Z`] O]TaP _Z 2dLY_^P
explore on your own this afternoon before we
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largest city in Tibet. Here, there may be a gather again for dinner at a local restaurant.
possibility of witnessing a water burial. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Day 7 Shigatse • Lhasa
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]P_`]Y _]T[ _Z 7SL^L /`]TYR Z`] _]T[ bSTNS
Day 5 Gyantse • Shigatse • Palchor bTWW _LVP XZ^_ ZQ _SP _SP OLd bPɪWW MP
Monastery • Kumbum Podang surrounded by mountains, glaciers and the
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out to explore the Palchor Monastery. This at a Tibetan incense factory, and may pause
XZYL^_P]d bL^ M`TW_ TY _SP PL]Wd ^ LYO to visit with a Tibetan family. Once we reach
boasts the largest Buddhist stupa in Tibet, 7SL^L bPɪWW PYUZd OTYYP] L_ L WZNLW ]P^_L`]LY_
_SP 6`XM`X ;ZOLYR BT_S # NSL[PW^ LYO Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
_SP []P^PYNP ZQ NZ`Y_WP^^ [TWR]TX^ ZʬP]TYR
prayers, we are surrounded with ancient texts
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