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Xigaze Vacation Guide

Xigaze also known as Shigatse, is a city located at 12792 feet, and is the 2nd largest city in Tibet which has a population of about 650000. In the past, it was the capital of western Tibet.

It is located 250km southwest of Lhasa.

It is the seat of the 2nd most important Lama in Tibet, the Panchen Lama. The famous monastery in Xigaze is Tashilumpo Monastery which is very worth the visit. There are a lot of hiking opportunities around the monastery and outside of the city offering great workout and views.

Interesting thing to look forward is the Qingzang Railway will be extended to Shigatse and completed by 2010.

Xigaze Travel Blogs

Kum Bum, sunglasses misadventure, Tashilumpo monastery
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Sep 21, 2007 – Oct 12, 2007
In the morning, we checked out of the hotel and went to  visit the Palkor Chioide, a walled monastery complex in Gyantse where each of the four major sects of Tibetan Buddhism had temples and small monasteries.  There were lots of dogs here, lounging around in the sun. We would see many d…
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Yomdrok Lake & the great mother nature
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Oct 19, 2006 – Oct 24, 2006
Monasteries are plentiful throughout Tibet and it was interesting for us to visit one of the largest in Shigatse -Deprung Monastery. Again we witnessed the sincere religious devotion of the Tibetan people.   However, much as the visits to the cultural and religious places were interesting, …
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On the road again...
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Sep 19, 2007 – Jan 28, 2008
    Originally we only planned on staying one day and rent a jeep and driver on tuesday 12th but Mark, our other room mate, was going with 2 others on Wednesday.   lAnd 3000 yuan/kr is better divided on 6 than 3 so an extra day we stayed. Which was a great idea anyway,  ca…
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