DIY tour in Tibet,excellent experience!
Advantages: beautiful scenery ,kind tibetan ,mysterious culture
Disadvantages: altitude sickness
Designing the travel schedule all by yourself is a moderately exciting thing .It can help ignoring the time restrictions of the travelling agencies and get more interaction with the natives. This August, I went to Tibet with my mother and three of her friends, but I planned the whole trip schedule, so may be the experience can help you know more about Tibet..
THE PORTALA PALACE
"if you don't go to potala palace ,you will never understand how pious ...
...attention to the floor of podala,its as smooth as the best silk of china ,made of red clay and the so called "suyou"which is the daily food of tibetan.100 kg of milk can only produce 5kg "suyou",however the Tibetans always give the best "suyou "they made to the potala temple -----for maintaining the smooth of floor ,lighting and lamas’ daily eating.
The figure of the Buddha in the podala palace all made of gold, with the luxurious jewels like Carnelians ...
shirleyaa 10.11.2009 · Read full review
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