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The Himalaya Mountains

Posted by Losang བློ་བཟང་ | May 22, 2012

Mt. Gang Benchen, rising to 7295 meters in the Langtang section of the Himalaya's The Himalaya Mountains! Probably the most popular reason people go to Tibet is to see the world’s highest and most spectacular mountain range. No trip to Tibet is complete without seeing the Himalaya’s, particularly Mt. Everest. There is something about looking out to the world’s highest peaks that just can’t [...]

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Kangding

Posted by Losang བློ་བཟང་ | April 21, 2012

Kangding, known as Dartsendo དར་རྩེ་མདོ་ or Dardo དར་མདོ་ in Tibetan, is the capital town of Garnze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture དཀར་མཛེས་ཁུལ་ located in the Sichuan part of Kham. Kangding sits at 2600m and has a population of around 100,000. Part of the traditional Tibetan region of Kham ཁམས་, Kangding has always been the gateway to [...]