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Tibetan Culture Tour Through Shangri La Focuses on Monastery Life
A KU graduate guides travelers to Shangri La detailing Tibetan culture and a day with cows and yaks. Visitors sample yak butter tea, baba bread, and may milk a yak or play with local children. Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, founded in 1679, houses over 700 monks, with maze like alleys and temples to explore. Monks may not converse with women, but younger monks may chat and demonstrate martial arts. The region's mountains valleys and lakes invite bike or car exploration, echoing Hilton's Lost Horizon imagery.
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Ganden Sumtseling Monastery
Shangri-La
James Hilton