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overthere: June 2007
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Thursday, June 21, 2007. 30 July 2006 * Memories of Dege: Jamje Tulku Rinpoche. We met Jamje Tulku Rinpoche, who is a genuine Lama and a Siddha. His face bears the mark of a Siddha: highly evocative and able to express laughter and sadness simultaneously. We saw Rinpoche 3 times and I really enjoyed my time with him. As it turned out, Jamje Rinpoche was on the same wood-gathering crew as Egg’s brother Tse Sung. The cave had a very small openin...
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overthere: January 2007
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Thursday, January 25, 2007. 25 July 2006 * Dzongsar. There are two legs to the journey from Palyul to Dzongsar. First, there is the route back up alongside the Dri Chu to its junction with the blue-green Mesho Chu. This spot is overseen by some stunning giant granite cliffs jutting upward from the nearby mountaintops. From here, it's a bumpy 42 km up the Mesho Canyon to Dzongsar. The soft, polished wooden floor supported arrays of carpet-toppe...
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overthere: December 2006
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Wednesday, December 27, 2006. We have arrived in Palyul after a bone rattling 8 hour journey from home. Our travel companions are Palmo (Tara's youngest sister), Tsultrim Dorje (Palmo's son), Benpa (a close cousin), and Buru (village chief), who is driving his little Suzuki Chana Star. Yak-cow cross) cheese and a plastic soda bottle full of dzomo. Butter. These, along with the bags of tsampa. Our next stop was Sershung Gompa (monastery) for bl...
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overthere: September 2006
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Thursday, September 21, 2006. Yesterday, we were visited by Pema, Losang Tsering, and a large round driver (whose name escaped me) from the Jomda Department of Overseas Tibetans. They came to check us out. They wanted to know our names in Chinese and Tibetan, our birthdates, occupations, relationships with people here, and where we had visited. They also videotaped us. And its benefits for. Also, its policies are extremely beneficial to. Had b...
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overthere: May 2007
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Tuesday, May 22, 2007. 29 July 2006 * Ganze. Today we went by Di-Se. Breadloaf van from Dege to the breathtakingly beautiful Yilhun Lhatso. Then we went to Maniganggo (for lunch) and on to Ganze. Much much seen and experiencedbut no time to write. Howeveran example of "ChinaWeird". Posted by Dwight Owens at 8:54 PM. View my complete profile. Karma at 1 yr. More Photos of Karma. New Photos of Karma. 31 March 2010 * Air Alaska.
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overthere: November 2006
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Thursday, November 30, 2006. Yesterday was day 3 of the Nongte Village Summer Nya Festival. To celebrate the occasion, the local men's dance group donned their full gear to perform for the village. I'm not sure how it came about that our family decided I should join them. I didn't really want to do it, but consented to their wishes knowing it would make people laugh. Or leather and red felt boots, and I didn't have a Pi Sha. The rest of the da...
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overthere: October 2006
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Today, Tashi Namgyal escorted Jra Wu, Benpa, Tamdrin Wangmo, Tara, and me to Bolo. We wound our way 15 km down the Tsang Chu canyon, enjoying the spendor of rocks, trees, mountains, and livestock. In many areas, the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum Hri has been etched and painted into the stone cliffs. Did some tumble here from distant upper reaches of the mighty Dri? Perhaps some tumbled to this beach from Nongte as well.
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overthere: March 2007
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Sunday, March 11, 2007. 28 July 2006 * Dzongsar Institute Tour. The next morning, we purchased medicine and toured the medicine production facility, which was filled with amazing fragrances of the various herbs and substances used for the traditional formularies. It was an impressive operation, and much larger and more sophisticated than we had expected. We saw:. Grinders, mixers, and machines for rolling medicine mixtures into balls.
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overthere: February 2007
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Friday, February 23, 2007. 28 July 2006 * Thinking back to Dzongsar. After our visit to the monastic college, we motored around and up to the monastery on the hilltop overlooking Mesho Township. We noticed Tibetans, dressed to the nads, making their way toward the monastery from every direction. Something was happening. We were filled with admiration for Dr. Phuntsok and his work; Tara and I both made the wish that we might return someday,...
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overthere: August 2006
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Our travels to the other side, summarized in word and photon. Monday, August 28, 2006. 30 June 2006 * Jomda. The nomads stand with broad smiles next to their yaks midst green flower-filled fields, holding scarves of welcome. But we don't see the foreground photo:. A valley torn to shreds by a mega-mining operation. Exhaust staining the air while tailings, sediment, and trash spread everywhere. Nomads scavenging the fringes in search of better pasture. One delicious lunch of fried green beans with peppers...
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