| Show 1110 TRAVEL Sunday August 7 The Salt Lake Tribune 1994 $ - Destroyed in 1959 Ganden monastery Nt - 4 c r - - ''' - -4 - 4 "'"'ll from II1 -- temple offerings They loaded large bundles of dry juniper brush onto small wagons hitched or yaks The conto veyance 's were covered with their unwieldy toads and gave the impression of large bushes moving dawn the dusty road Hcuses blended subtly into the background They were made from the same tight brown earth that surrounded them The dirt was comtined with straw to make Tibetan adobe the only practical building material available since the high plateau Lacks sufficient trees or wood frame constmcan Faded prayer flags waving from the roofs flickered across the otherwise motionless landscape The surrounding mo'untains were covered with sand dunes and dusted with snow near their summits E 6000 monk& Ganden was formerly the third largest monastery in Tibet housing as many as 6000 monks Founded in 1409 by Tsong Klaapa: a religious figure almost as revered as Buddha in Tibet it was the first monastery of the Genow comlukpa Euddhist sect -Yellow called the Hat" monly sect in reference to its customary head ear As Geiukpa is the sect to which the Dalai Lama belongs Gan:den was one of the most important monasteries in Tibet It was aka one of the most beautis LA Giuseppe Tucci the famed Tibetoto gist who visited Ganden in the 130s described it thus: -- A sieht out of this world freshly hitewashed walls framing the blazing red of the temples and the garish gold of the roofs Such is not the case today The Chinese knew well the importance of Ganden and were particularly destructive They began with small bombs in 1955 and ended with thousands of Red Guards literally taking the place apart by hand during the Cultural Revolution Today Ganden resembles photos of London or Eerlin after World War II Eut within these same ruins I found signs of life Where once' 6000 monks had lived 200 still male their home' Moving about in their red and yellow robes they gave rife to the mins The monks prayed med:tated and sang They guarded the reliquaries and sacred texts that survived the Chinese terror and welcomed Westerners into their temples which they were painfully rebuilding with debris from the original monastery pills a lot of volunteer tabor and a little money The greatest gift a foreign visiter could give them was a postcard of the D'aiat Lama It was the only material possession they seemed to desire One of my fellow travelers had a small supply of the treasured gifts and distributed what she had to some monks and small children One boy was so excited over his Dalai Lama postcard that he held it on top of his head with both hands and ran around the chanting halt in delight We motioned for him to hide the picture in his clothing and hoped that no Chinese spies saw him — or us mini-tractor- '' '6 1 1434 - '-- - - - s r dt- - glEl7:7 ---- - ' r t- --Ne- li' 1 ' 111 A1 g:7 a V t I ' - re Y ' - 1' - ' - Itr ti" ' teD no4dr ‘ogitur '' ' 4 - ' '''t “: ' t- - ) ' it - "-- lit -- t -- 40- ' - 4771A ' IL - k ' l' v 14 ' tw 70414'141 142! 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More than 300000 visitors went through Buckingham Palace's doors last year the first time the palace had been open to the public It opens again today until Oct 2 with admission costing about $12 for adults $6 for children Proceeds Windsor from the tours go to repair Castle For information can the British Tourist Authority at e)(0300 000G00 UElet01700000 '°""11 Instead Tibetans practice "sky burial" They skin and chop the body' of the deceased then mix the remains with tsampa the gritty barley flour that is a staple of the Tibet diet When finished they leave these tsampa balls in an open area for birds of prey to eat In the end nothing is left But the person lives on according to Buddhist belief his flesh feeding other life and his soul reincarnated Foreigners are not allowed to attend sky burials anymore The Tibetan's found curious onlookers especially photographers to be intrusive Worse the foreigners sometimes stole property of the deceased usually valuable jewelry which had been left at the sky burial site along with the body Rumors floated among the guides of supernatural punishments being visited on these dogs accompanied TRADiTIO - Palace opens owned by Kloster Cruises has sold its two remaining j '' 1 4 sure-foote- 4 ' It ' nearby Almost everybody male and female alike wore the footwear of choice in Tibet canvas Chinese army boots They looked like olive green high topped sneakers No trip to Ganden would be complete without the traditional eircumambutation of the monastery A trait circled the peak on which the monastery was built affording tremendous views of the Lhasa and Kyichu valleys and the d Himalaya Mountains to the traveler willing to hop a few rocks along a cliff Several p US citizens on Russian lines by private tfroarvbeidl 0 0 C3 Royal Viking no more Royal Viking Line d k- monk waters flowers outside his retreat at Gander' it Air is not DOD 'II Katie Lebngheld A overloading" fire-damag- 1 —-- ' - - u-- ' "- 1‘4 41"' - r fr 4trgi — - 41 f 14000 tr I -- - Zt 4Shk'' - vaaTA‘ 10f- t"4 - v" 1 li 4' it!' - t'' '1' - ' eiviltt 1') I ) The United States has warned the public not to travel on successors to the Soviet-er- a airline Aeroflot Government officials were earlier warned against traveling on Russian airlines "The reason we made the announcement was because consistent with our 'no double standard policy' we elected to make known to the American public a decision that we had made on behalf of our own employees" spokesman David Johnson said The department noted that with Aeroflot's breakup into many small airlines "travel within Russia is often unreliable" adding that "domestic air travelers must often cope with unpredictable schedules and difficult conditions including deteriorating and of liquids before and during the II On flights with intermediate stops get off the ' plane if possible If you have a cough or flu bring along lots of tissue and use it Avoid using perfume hair after shave wear' dun'ngr N If you contact lenses remove them the flight 41 'ThetallSi41 1 000 Avoid Aeroflot - - ! ' 7p51e7nsty ninlightADriovoikd - 0- ! food and ports of any line I was fortunate enough to cruise with RVL several times Everything was first class I will miss them 0 '"'"ummar1"""1 ) emphysema allergies or impaired immunity are at risk Economics is a major reason for using recycled air Fresh-ai- r ventilation systems on older jets consume more constant energy As these models are retired the nation's commercial aircraft fleet ventilates with recycled air What to do? -- - N 00 Back chuba& Many Tibetans had traveled to Ganden that same' day some on a religious pilgrimage others out for a mountain picnic' all of them riding rickety buses or climbing the 14000-foo-t mountains on foot There were women wearing black chubas the traditional women's dress of Tibet that looks in many ways like a coat tied at the waist Some of the chubas were lined with fleece from sheep or goats Their long black hair was braided down their backs or wrapped atop their heads decorated with yarn ribbons or silver combs studded with coral and turquoise the style depending on the custom in their region of birth Virtually all of the women wore' striped decorative aprons signifying that they were married Children often wearing Western clothing played at their feet The women's husbands sat quietly - - Ships — the Queen and the Sun Cunard purchased the Sun Royal Cruise Line bought the Queen In the 1970s and '80s RVL ruled the upscale Cruise market Its three luxury liners — Star Sea and Sky - sailed the world catering to every whim whine and want of cruisers who enjoyed the best in service from 111 ” MOMEMININIENI6 they would sett in Lhasa for use as a Continued - - 1 K shows signs of life a Continued Passenger cabins often flunk the freshair test c g - g4 444 1 i i - 'l :L - - a ift - 1"tir4:: Itl'i' -- 4 t |
