Archive for October, 2007
Dege Printing Monastery
By Tony on October 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of the reasons we braved the steep drop-offs of the Chola pass was to visit the famous Bakong scripture printing monastery here in Dege.
Known throughout the Tibetan world for its enormous collection of Tibetan literature contained on over 200,000 printing blocks, the Bakong monastery is thought to contain » Continue reading this post »
Spin that Wheel
By Tony on October 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Record Heights
By Thomas on October 27, 2007 | No Comments »
I dreaded our 3-hour drive to Dege, a town in Sichuan beyond the Chola Mountain range close to the border of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Our guide book strongly urged not to cross the Chola pass in public transportation but rather hire a private car and driver. So we did. This, at least, gave us the illusion we had some control over the speed at which our driver was going to take the predicted hair pin turns. » Continue reading this post »
Canadian Dollar Stronger than US Dollar!?!
By Tony on October 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
What is going on with the US dollar. It’s worth less than toilet paper. Even worse, it is worth less than the Canadian dollar! Has the entire US economy collapsed? Has the second Great Depression begun? What’s going on?
Let’s hear some comments from the States.
Tibetan Youngster
By Thomas on October 25, 2007 | No Comments »
