{"id":3213,"date":"2015-05-02T23:11:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T16:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2015-05-02T23:18:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T16:18:44","slug":"more-palaces-monasteries-and-yak-5215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=3213","title":{"rendered":"More palaces, monasteries, and yak, 5\/2\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

I met Josie for breakfast, but Steve didn\u2019t make it. He had a bad night, nausea, headache, etc. I think he may have the dreaded altitude sickness. He eventually comes down, but he doesn\u2019t look good.<\/p>\n

We meet our guide at 10:00 and drive to the Drepung Monastery. It\u2019s the largest monastery in Tibet and built in the 6th<\/sup> century. At its\u2019 height, prior to 1959, there were 10,000 monks living and studying here. There are only about 300 on the property regularly now. At festival times, several times a year, over 3000 will visit and participate in activities. Steve\u2019s stomach and head are not doing very well. This is a tough place to be sick.<\/p>\n

Video Link \u2013 Drepung Monastery:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/2a8sxnmyw5u0xwp\/15.5.2.Drepung.m4v?dl=0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Looking across the Lhasa Valley from the Drepung Monastery<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prostration prayers. The goal is to complete 100,000 in their lifetime. See the video.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Books in the Drepung library. Several are over 600 years old.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We eat lunch at another local Tibetan restaurant. I tried a yak burger and fries. It was good. I really couldn\u2019t tell any flavor difference from a beef burger. Steve opted out of lunch and went back to the hotel.<\/p>\n

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Video Link \u2013 Yak herd:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/r3wypzinq3nb2jt\/15.5.2.Yak%20herd.m4v?dl=0<\/a><\/p>\n

We walked from the restaurant to the Jokhang Temple, another site where several Dalai Lamas are entombed (#1 through #4). There are huge crowds outside the temple, walking clockwise around the temple in a pilgrimage. According to our guide they walk around it all day long.<\/p>\n

Video Link \u2013 Jokhang Temple:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/d82ljqbee104fyk\/15.5.2.Jokhang.m4v?dl=0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jokhang Temple<\/p><\/div>\n

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An inner courtyard<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some of the Jokhang Temple pilgrims<\/p><\/div>\n

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After our visit to the temple we joined the walk, stopping in a shop for a little souvenir shopping. Afterwards, we walked to the hotel where I crashed on the bed. I guess it\u2019s the lack of oxygen at this altitude that creates the loss of energy (at least that’s where I\u2019m laying the blame). We eat dinner around 7:00, taking some soup back up to Steve when we\u2019re finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I met Josie for breakfast, but Steve didn\u2019t make it. He had a bad night, nausea, headache, etc. I think he may have the dreaded altitude sickness. He eventually comes down, but he doesn\u2019t look good. We meet our guide … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3213"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3213"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3217,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3213\/revisions\/3217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}