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and to get us going and acclimatised to ever higher altitudes, we were driven about 20 km outside of Lhasa to Drak Yerpa monastery, a mountain face littered with caves like a swiss cheese full of little Buddha statues and prayer and meditation rooms. 

All these places were interconnected by a plethora of stairs, which, at an altitude of over 4200 m above sea level, were one heck of a climb. The rewards however, as always, were terrific. The views over the mountains into the valley towards Lhasa were grandiose, the stupas (little temple type buildings, in which incense is burned – see middle picture) ever so picturesque and the fact that we made it all the way to the top, a real achievement for us. It was a high made up of the fresh air, the sunshine, our sense of accomplishment, as well as the beauty of the surroundings in which we found ourselves in.

 

 

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