People were harvesting barley and working in the wheat fields. Kesang pointed out a fence with a carved wooden slat, probably from the old Dhondrup Monastery, destroyed during the cultural revolution.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when open.
Eighty million years ago, India crashed into Asia, pushing up the Himalayas, lifting the ocean bottom above water, and creating this magical land. In time, a monkey mated with an ogress and gave birth to the original Tibetan people. Today, with its harsh climate, this country struggles for the survival of this strange marriage's descendents, and one of this planet's magical cultures. Four thousand years of war, poverty, beauty and serenity - this is China of the past, the great and ancient nation that has given to the world one of the richest cultures ever created by man. Home to the 2008 Olympics - this is China today, one of the most powerful and populous nations in the world.