practices are very mysterious and the religious  explanations were very difficult to understand.  The lunch this time was at a different restaurant,  but the food always tasted the same. In the  aftrenoon we visited ‘Bharkor Street’ which is  in the center of Lhasa town. From here we saw a  lot of stalls that were selling ‘ Tangkas’, Tibetan  souvenirs, and a variety of  things. In the middle  of ‘Bharkor Street’, there is the most famous

( Potala Palace)

century. In addition, in the front of temple, we  saw Tibetans  praying with the style of ' Wu Ti  Tou Ti’, and Chan, Desmond and I took this  opportunity to learn the practice. This  afternoon one of our members - Chia, looked  very unusual and he vomited uncontrollably.  On the forth day, we were all waiting for  Stanley, the tour leader for breakfast again.  After our breakfast, we departed  for Tsedang.  Tsedang is far from Lhasa and took about  4.5 hours by bus, and it is 3700m above sea level.

( Dazao Monastery )

Chinese food was always in the menu, and we didn’t have a chance to try the Tibetan food.
‘Tibetan food will spoil our stomach, and better don’t try,’ advised by our Tibetan tour guide.
The famous ‘Yon Bu La Kang’ – the first king palace was built in Tsedang, and after that moved
to Lhasa, where it was relocated on the top of the hill in a Tibetan village. Therefore, we had to
walk up, and everybody breathed terribly.

( Tibetan Village, Tsedang)

From the top, we could see very beautiful land- scape such as, villages, rivers, fields, mountains, and etc. Coming down to the bus parking area, we saw few children waiting for us. They were not beggars, but asked money from us.  Initially, we didn’t give any money, we gave some biscuits & sweets instead. Someone requested them to sing a few Tibetan songs, and Desmond enjoyed them very much. At last, we gave some  money to them.

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