{"id":1777,"date":"2013-11-11T16:08:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T14:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2013-11-11T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T14:08:53","slug":"trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trek 2013 – Tsetang Tibet, Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

On our second day in the Tsetang area, we went to visit a Buddhist Temple, something we did quite a lot on this tour. Although one may think that they all look alike, we were amazed to see real differences among them. But we didn’t even have to get to the temple to begin enjoying our Tibetan adventure that day.<\/p>\n

As we drove along the road, we saw a cow beauty pageant. Well, of course, not really, but we did see cows adorned in various manners. We thought it interesting and picture-worthy.<\/p>\n

\"Cow<\/a> \"IMGP0911\" \"IMGP0912\" \"IMGP0914\" \"IMGP0917\"<\/p>\n

Of course, it was only after we all had taken our photos that our local guide explained that many of those who owned the cattle were involved in other labor- whether farming or construction or any of a number of jobs, and that they hired people to tend their cattle while they were at work. The adornments on the cattle were to identify the ownership!<\/p>\n

After a short ride, we arrived at the Samye Monastery. It was located in a small town. We saw people approaching the monastery and temple with offerings. Mostly they had either thermoses filled with yak butter or vegetable oil that would be burned in the temple or with grains that were burned outside of the temple.<\/p>\n

\"Women<\/a> <\/p>\n

At the time I photographed them, I didn’t even realize that the woman in the foreground had a parrot on her hand! Notice the aprons in the front of the skirts. This is the dress of the Tibetan women. The skirts all have attached striped aprons. These are for married women only.<\/p>\n

\"Waiting<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are some people waiting by the entrance. Notice that one has a stick on which there is a circular attachment. This is a portable prayer wheel. Every time the wheel turns, it is as if the prayers on it have been said.<\/p>\n

\"Inside<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the offerings being burned… such an unpleasant odor in a place where the air is otherwise so very clear and clean.
\n\"Burning<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a look at the wall surrounding the temple\/monastery complex. At the top are miniature stupas! A stupa is a structure in which there are sacred relics, often the ashes of monks. I assume these were for decoration and did not contain any relics.<\/p>\n

\"Wall<\/a>
\nThis is the town just outside Samye Monastery. Notice that although it is far from any large area of population, they took pains to make sure that it has the appearance of a traditional Tibetan town including intricate artwork and attention to detail.<\/p>\n

\"Samye\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"a<\/a><\/p>\n

And a taste of home in Samye, Tibet<\/p>\n

\"Holyland<\/a><\/p>\n

Next time: the Teletubbies visit the first palace in Tibet. Don’t miss it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On our second day in the Tsetang area, we went to visit a Buddhist Temple, something we did quite a lot on this tour. Although one may think that they all look alike, we were amazed to see real differences among them. But we didn’t even have to get to the temple to begin enjoying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,51],"tags":[128,4,10,8,129,6,7,127],"class_list":["post-1777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sights-in-china","category-kosher-tours","category-tibet","tag-buddhist-temple","tag-china","tag-jewish","tag-kosher","tag-tibet","tag-tour","tag-travel","tag-tsetang","entry"],"yoast_head":"\nTrek 2013 - Tsetang Tibet, Day 2 | Travel Kosher | Tours to India, Japan, The Silk Road, Vietnam\/Cambodia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, etc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On this clear, beautiful day in Tibet, we visited the Samye Monastery and the small town surrounding it. We also encountered some four-legged friends!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trek 2013 - Tsetang Tibet, Day 2 | Travel Kosher | Tours to India, Japan, The Silk Road, Vietnam\/Cambodia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, etc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On this clear, beautiful day in Tibet, we visited the Samye Monastery and the small town surrounding it. We also encountered some four-legged friends!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travel Kosher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-11T14:08:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rona Michelson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rona Michelson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rona Michelson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#\/schema\/person\/baf964ffb96f458559d5571af1d03f3e\"},\"headline\":\"Trek 2013 – Tsetang Tibet, Day 2\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-11T14:08:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":446,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buddhist temple\",\"China\",\"Jewish\",\"kosher\",\"Tibet\",\"Tour\",\"Travel\",\"Tsetang\"],\"articleSection\":[\"China\",\"Kosher Tours\",\"Tibet\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/\",\"name\":\"Trek 2013 - Tsetang Tibet, Day 2 | Travel Kosher | Tours to India, Japan, The Silk Road, Vietnam\/Cambodia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, etc.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-11T14:08:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#\/schema\/person\/baf964ffb96f458559d5571af1d03f3e\"},\"description\":\"On this clear, beautiful day in Tibet, we visited the Samye Monastery and the small town surrounding it. We also encountered some four-legged friends!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trek 2013 – Tsetang Tibet, Day 2\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/\",\"name\":\"Travel Kosher\",\"description\":\"Tours to India, Japan, The Silk Road, Vietnam\/Cambodia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, etc.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#\/schema\/person\/baf964ffb96f458559d5571af1d03f3e\",\"name\":\"Rona Michelson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d0b1089905daa873ea7b1e4662ef6bc75f3983d99dd87d51a9a556d7477903?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d0b1089905daa873ea7b1e4662ef6bc75f3983d99dd87d51a9a556d7477903?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rona Michelson\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/author\/ronamichelson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trek 2013 - Tsetang Tibet, Day 2 | Travel Kosher | Tours to India, Japan, The Silk Road, Vietnam\/Cambodia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, etc.","description":"On this clear, beautiful day in Tibet, we visited the Samye Monastery and the small town surrounding it. We also encountered some four-legged friends!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trek 2013 - Tsetang Tibet, Day 2 | Travel Kosher | Tours to India, Japan, The Silk Road, Vietnam\/Cambodia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, etc.","og_description":"On this clear, beautiful day in Tibet, we visited the Samye Monastery and the small town surrounding it. We also encountered some four-legged friends!","og_url":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/","og_site_name":"Travel Kosher","article_published_time":"2013-11-11T14:08:53+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Rona Michelson","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rona Michelson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/"},"author":{"name":"Rona Michelson","@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#\/schema\/person\/baf964ffb96f458559d5571af1d03f3e"},"headline":"Trek 2013 – Tsetang Tibet, Day 2","datePublished":"2013-11-11T14:08:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/"},"wordCount":446,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg","keywords":["Buddhist temple","China","Jewish","kosher","Tibet","Tour","Travel","Tsetang"],"articleSection":["China","Kosher Tours","Tibet"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/","url":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/","name":"Trek 2013 - Tsetang Tibet, Day 2 | Travel Kosher | Tours to India, Japan, The Silk Road, Vietnam\/Cambodia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, etc.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg","datePublished":"2013-11-11T14:08:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#\/schema\/person\/baf964ffb96f458559d5571af1d03f3e"},"description":"On this clear, beautiful day in Tibet, we visited the Samye Monastery and the small town surrounding it. We also encountered some four-legged friends!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMGP0909-640x480.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2013\/11\/trek-2013-tsetang-tibet-day-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trek 2013 – Tsetang Tibet, Day 2"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#website","url":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/","name":"Travel Kosher","description":"Tours to India, Japan, The Silk Road, Vietnam\/Cambodia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, etc.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#\/schema\/person\/baf964ffb96f458559d5571af1d03f3e","name":"Rona Michelson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d0b1089905daa873ea7b1e4662ef6bc75f3983d99dd87d51a9a556d7477903?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d0b1089905daa873ea7b1e4662ef6bc75f3983d99dd87d51a9a556d7477903?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rona Michelson"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/"],"url":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/author\/ronamichelson\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1777"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1799,"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions\/1799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}