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Dahli off to fix our boarding passes at the airport.
Dahli is a good bloke and very efficient. |
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Waiting in line for Dahli. Off to our gate, B01,
later changed to B03. |
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Martin is having a beer while
waiting for the plane. Landed in Shangri-La.
Nice, cool place. Too cool for Martin's liking. |
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Welcome to Shangri-La.
the streets of Shangri-La were clean and the traffic not too heavy. But
then, it has only some 80 000 inhabitants. |
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Classical Chinese round table.
Mural on the wall, very nice they are. |
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the food was excellent.
Ornaments in the dining hall. |
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A ship carved out of Jade. Very
impressive. Nice house in town. |
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Our hotel in Shangri-La, very cozy.
Out on town. |
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City view.
Our bus. |
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Our guide.
Newly built Buddhist temple after the commies tore them down during the
50-ties and cultural revelution. |
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A visit to a temple.
Lunch table. |
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the ceiling.
Visit to a local house with including stocks. |
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the lady of the house
with her child. No toilets and no shower facilities indoors.
Cooking facilities. Note no chimney. |
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the smoke goes up
through the ceiling which is made of planks that let the smoke go through.
the outdoor area. |
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Ornaments in the house.
Off to another newly built temple. these are the rules for conduct. |
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the entrance.
Queuing for going up the 143 stairs. |
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On the top with a view
of the town. the view behind the temple. |
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A Chinese lady wanted
to pose with Martin. No problem |
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Apr1st, time
to visit Snowy Mountain. the mountain in the
background. |
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the group ready to take
off. Martin couldn't due to sickness so he stayed behind in the bus for 4,5
hours. Boring. the cow munching on cardboard. |
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Lone Yak in the
mountains. they had to swap cable cars and walk
to a second set. |
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Roy half way up.
Taking picture of the scenery. |
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Roy with some Chinese
ladies at the top. the Buddhist do have their
religious symbols on the top as well. |
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Roy at the top.
the last step up. |
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Roy got there at last.
One of our Tibetan guides on the top. He loved to talk about Buddha. |
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Bali and Per-Arne, our
tour leaders. Roy with Mom and Son. |
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Per-Arne on the top.
the way down. |
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A lone horse on the
plain below. Time for a lovely lunch after the
decent. |
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A fancy Buddha statue with gold paintings. 6000 kgs of golden poweder was
given to the monastery to paint it,s tops.
Another fancy building. |
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Inside a nice Tibetan house. |
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