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Qinghai-Tibet Railway | Bakhor Square Area | Potala Palace | Drepung Monastery | Sera Monastery | Gandan Monastery | Road to Gyantse | Pelkhor Monastery (Gyantse) | Tashilumpo Monastery (Shigatse)

Pelkhor Monastery (Gyantse)

Kumbu Stupa, the largest stupa in Tibet, is found in the Pelkhor Monastery... All around the monastery, I thought I saw walls that were similar to the Great Wall of China... but I soon found out that these walls were built by ancient Kings to defend against the invasion of the British...

Amazing history... a land that so many other nations are interested in occupying... very sad indeed...
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