Nunnery Nyerma and surrounding
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The nunnery is supported by a Dutch foundation and the members are also there as volunteers to help as most of the nuns are pretty old
it turned out that the woman standing in the picture was from Cologne as we are and that we had some same friends back in the 70ties - what a small world
the nunnery
Thikse monastery - just 40 min. walk
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only once a year the face is uncovered
monks at work
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stupas everywhere
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storing fuel
carpenter
producing mud bricks
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I decided to walk up there to that ruin
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hurry down - rain is coming
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