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Photo of the Week – Shangri La China
Blog: Ottsworld - 10 December 2010
The Tibetan Buddhist Monastery named Songzanlin is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan and one of the most famous in the region. The monastery was constructed in 1679 and looks like a Kasbah – with houses stacked on top of each other on a hillside. Approximately 700 monks live in those houses in this [...]
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Shangri-La: No Longer a Figure of Speech
Blog: To China... and Beyond! - 3 May 2010
The first few times I told my mother I was going “to Shangri-la,” she thought I was unusually excited about my next trip. Since its first appearance in James Hilton’s 1933 novel Lost Horizon, “Shangri-la” has become a shortcut for paradise, a place so wonderful it cannot be described.
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Shangri-La, Yunnan, China
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 9 June 2009
Shangri-La, Yunnan, China – Images by Jamie McDonald I write this on the eve of our departure from Shangri-La. I’ve more or less recovered from the cold that had me holed up between Sean’s Cafe and my room. Today was spent at Ganden Sumtseling Gompa, a 300 year old Tibetan Monastery on the outskirts of Shangri-La. Walking around the monastery is a great way to spend a few hours, and though I loved it I couldn’t help but be slightly cynical at the government’s ‘improvements.’ The old LP is printed in 2007 ...
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Lijiang to Shangri-La, Yunnan, China
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 8 June 2009
To arrive in Shangri-La we very willingly left Lijiang at 1pm on a bus from the central bus station in the city. Despite the cost being 37 Yuan our smiling western faces could do nothing to obtain the 3 Yuan change from the 40 that we handed over. Alas, 4.5 hours in a bus for AUD$7.30 was nothing to complain about considering the 20 minute tram from Glenelg to Adelaide is $4.50. Nervously handing our packs to the driver to strap them onto the roof I then quickly rushed (Chinese Style) ...
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