{"id":3149,"date":"2013-08-12T16:14:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T08:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2022-02-09T10:56:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T09:56:46","slug":"tibetan-monasteries-from-lhasa-to-shigatse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/tibetan-monasteries-from-lhasa-to-shigatse\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan monasteries and a revolution on the bus &#8211; Photo Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monastery-0.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\" width=\"920\" height=\"494\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monastery-0.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monastery-0-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This article tells the last part of my travel to Tibet. If you didn&#8217;t read them yet, in the first two episodes you can learn about my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/lhasa-tibet\/\" title=\"What do you expect from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adventures in Lhasa<\/a> or virtually exploring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/holy-lakes-of-tibet\/\" title=\"Lhasa to Shigatse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The holy lakes of Tibet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The day after visiting the Namtso lake we get again on the bus and start our trip from Lhasa to Shigatse. We arrive at Yamdrok lake around 1 pm and to the Kharola Glacier a couple of hours later (see photos below).<\/p>\n<p>Nobody told us where Shigatse was nor how much time would take to get there. So I wasn&#8217;t psychologically prepared to stay all day in a bus. The truth is that Tibet is huge and it takes time to move to a place to another. Is it worth the effort? Yep, for me it is! <strong><!--more--><\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-1.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"613\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-1.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><em><span style=\"padding-left:4.9em\">The Kharola Glacier<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-2.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-2.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><em><span style=\"padding-left:4.9em\">Sellers at the Kharola Glacier<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The Tashilhunpo Monastery<\/h2>\n<p>The morning after we wake up early to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tashilhunpo_Monastery\" title=\"Tashilhunpo Monastery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tashilhunpo Monastery<\/a> of Shigatse, which was founded on 1447 and is the second largest monastery of Tibet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-4.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-4.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><em><span style=\"padding-left:4.9em\">The Tashilhunpo Monastery<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-7.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-7.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-3.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"613\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-3.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-5.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-5.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><em><span style=\"padding-left:4.9em\">A paint on the wall of the monastery<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-6.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-6.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><em><span style=\"padding-left:4.9em\">A monk accomplishing his everyday tasks<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-9.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-9.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-9-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><em><span style=\"padding-left:4.9em\">The internal court<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-8.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-8.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><em><span style=\"padding-left:4.9em\">The ground floor of the internal court<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I must say that what impressed me the most at Tashilhunpo Monastery weren&#8217;t the buildings or the paints, while the people that come here for preying, their traditional clothes, long hair and, often, deep wrinkles. I did take a lot of photos and I&#8217;ll publish them on my last photo gallery about Tibet, which will come in the next weeks.<\/p>\n<p>We spend a couple of hours walking around this huge monastery and then get on the bus: time to come back to Lhasa!<\/p>\n<h2>The Palcho Monastery<\/h2>\n<p>After a couple of hours we stop at our last touristic destination: the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palcho_Monastery\" title=\"Palcho Monastery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palcho Monastery<\/a>,  that is the main monastery in Gyantse. This is by far my favorite monastery (or temple, for what it matters) within China. And trust me when I say that I visited a lot of them : P<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-12.jpg\" alt=\"tibetan-monatery-12\" width=\"920\" height=\"613\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-12.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-12-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><em><span style=\"padding-left:4.9em\">The Palcho Monastery<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-10.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"613\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-10.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-10-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-11.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"613\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-11.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-11-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><em><span style=\"padding-left:4.9em\">Monks at the monastery<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-13.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"613\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-13.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-13-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-14.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"613\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-14.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-14-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-15.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-15.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-15-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-16.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-16.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-16-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-17.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"690\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-17.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tibetan-monatery-17-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>The revolution on the bus<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s 3 pm and it&#8217;s time to say goodbye to the monastery. There is still a visit to the spa in program but, since we are late, the guide ask to us whether we want still to go to the spa or we prefer to go back to Lhasa. Ninety five percent of people say &#8220;we want go to the spa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then nothing more happens till 7 pm, when we are almost in Lhasa and the guide informs us that the visit to the spa has been cancelled because two people didn&#8217;t wanted to go. Lame.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s at this point that an half revolution happens. An English girl jumps from her seat and starts to scream that she wants the driver to go back to the &#8220;fuckin&#8217; spa.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The guide politely tells her that we passed the spa one hour ago and it&#8217;s not possible to go back.<\/p>\n<p>I watch the scene, a big smile on my face. I don&#8217;t care about the spa as it&#8217;s almost dinner time and I&#8217;m much more interested on a Yak burger. However I love to observe the dynamics of the dispute, with the English girl that accuses the guide to be a liar with the hope of making him admitting his mistake (and bring her to the spa).<\/p>\n<p>Obviously this only makes things worse, with guide that denies everything, refuses to admit his responsibilities and even to listen further.<\/p>\n<p>Why I say &#8220;obviously&#8221;? Because we are in Asia and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wok-in-china-face\/\" title=\"When a Chinese person makes you lose face\u2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;face&#8221; is what counts most<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>But the funniest part of the story is that, since everybody is upset because we missed the spa, the guide decides that the best thing to do is to bring us to an overpriced shop where they only sell Beijing ducks (already cooked) and Hangzhou Longjing tea. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What the fuck? <\/p>\n<p>I talk with my three friends and we decide to skip the dinner with the tour and take a cab to the downtown for a yak burger, some decent momos (Tibetan dumplings) and a couple of Budweiser.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all folks! My last article about Tibet will come in the last weeks and it will be a photo gallery of beautiful Tibetan people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/us-in-tibet.jpg\" title=\"Tibeta Monastery\" alt=\"Tibeta Monastery\"  width=\"920\" height=\"613\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/us-in-tibet.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/us-in-tibet-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><span class=\"credits\">Our expedition in Tibet. From the left to the right: A German guy, a French guy, an Italian guy and&#8230; another French guy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"credits\">Photo Credits: Photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/es\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sapore di Cina<\/a> &#038; Florian Hudelist<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article tells the last part of my travel to Tibet. If you didn&#8217;t read them yet, in the first two episodes you can learn about my adventures in Lhasa or virtually exploring the The holy lakes of Tibet. The day after visiting the Namtso lake we get again on the bus and start our 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