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This blog follows the travels of the Turberfield family as they drop out of the normal busyness of corporate life to explore the ancient art of Tibetan Thangka, the dusty mountaintop temples of the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau and travel overland from Singapore to England.

Offering to The Spiritual Guide in a lofty gompa perched above the natural fort of Dongwan valley, weekly trips to Shangri La's unpredictable shower rooms, keeping the cows out of the bins, scaling sacred Mount Shika, haggling for pu-er in the tea markets of Kunming and the nightly wonder of the milky way - possibly as far as it's possible to get from the subway at rush hour....

The main contributors are Michelle (also widely known as "The Boss") and David with bits and pieces from San San and Jon Jon. We hope you enjoy and look forward to your comments.

Sunday, 21 November 2010

Five Buddha temple

We set off at 9am in the morning for a five hours walk in the mountains.

The children started off as usual, complaining and grumpy. But soon their energy picked up and they got excited when they see horses.

The terrain was beautiful- snow mountains as background. Stupa appears every now and then. Cows, horses, yaks, zo (a cross of yak and bull), sheep grazing along the way.

On the way, we pass Banyan Tree luxury accommodation. Very nice.

On the other end, a very kind Tibetan family await us with yak butter tea, yak cheese and bread. Ever so kind! The tea was very much appreciated after such a long walk.

Finally, we headed up another hill to get to the Five Buddha Temple. Very peaceful! What is most interesting is that the front inner yard of the temple is a little animal farm. Local come here to release animals that were destined for slaughter. There were goats, chicken, rabbits, dogs etc etc.

We arrived home with sore feet but happy! Now we all sat soaking our feet in hot water and wondering where to go for dinner.

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Location:Shangri-la, China

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