I am in Lhasa – the capital of Tibet. I had a chance to visit two significant monasteries built centuries ago on the outskirts of Lhasa. The first was Deprung, the biggest Tibetan monastery once housing 10000 monks, now only 480. It was nice to climb up to the temples, to crawl the labirynth of corridors and courts… The statues of lamas create very special atmosphere in the dark halls. Monks in the red clothes are very friendly… In the second monastery Sera I had opportunity to see the debate of the young monks – very funny from our point of view… In the afternoon I was walking the narrow streets of Bakhor Bazaar with many little shops selling yak butter and cheese, barley for the porridge and other traditional products. The bazaar is surrounding famous Jokhang temple… Strong presence of the police. But at the same time it is great theatre – thousands people are going around the temple with prayer wheels. Exotic faces, smiles, voices…
