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Hualapais : These pics were taken on my trip to the West Grand Canyon, on Hualapai nation.

Hualapais

These pics were taken on my trip to the West Grand Canyon, on Hualapai nation.

Updated: May 18, 2009 11:06am PST

Debating Monks of Drephung Monastery : The story of these spiritual bastions of Tibet is a sad story. The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is not actually autonomous. Every week Chinese government visits this monastery located about 20 miles from Lhasa. Around 20 years ago this monastery housed the biggest number of monks, roughly 10,000 (not sure) see my other photos of this monastery in Lhasa album. It is like a little village. The Chinese government have cameras to monitor the monastery's activities. Now there are only 200; in 2008, there were 300... the missing numbers are unknown as to what happened. Ordinary pilgrims are not aware of these anomaly, since pilgrims cannot afford to visit monasteries like this one. The numbers of these monks are dwindling.

Debating Monks of Drephung Monastery

The story of these spiritual bastions of Tibet is a sad story. The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is not actually autonomous. Every week Chinese government visits this monastery located about 20 miles from Lhasa. Around 20 years ago this monastery housed the biggest number of monks, roughly 10,000 (not sure) see my other photos of this mon ...

Updated: Sep 21, 2009 8:35pm PST