http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html The Tibet Blog is a special page featuring short messages about new additions and updates to this website. en-us travel to tibet Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:49:35 GMT Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:49:35 GMT tibet-travel-experience.com http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Tibet's-Cry-for-Freedom---Lara-Damiani Tibets Cry for Freedom to screen on Channel 31 in Melbourne Victoria, will be screening "Tibet's Cry for Freedom" for the first time on September 5th at 8.30 pm. There will be a second screening at another date to be announced ! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:30:22 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#China-Continues-to-Undermine-Tibets-Religious-Leaders The Central Tibetan Administration has denounced Chinas appointment of the sixth incarnation of the Gyalrong Dedrug Rinpoche, a senior religious figure associated with Tibets Drepung Monastery, as politically motivated. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:25:31 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#International-Photography-Comp Out of 15,000 entries from 103 countries, received an honourable mention in the International Photography Awards comp for photos of Tibetan kids. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:26:24 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Celebrating-50-Years-Of-Tibetan-Democracy On 2 September 1960 the first groups of thirteen Tibetan Peoples Deputies took their oaths of office in Dharamsala, setting in motion the Dalai Lamas vision of a fully democratic exile community and a model for eventual democratic self-rule in Tibet. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:23:56 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#China-Tightens-Grip-on-Tibet's-Business-Class Dorje Tashi, a property developer and owner of the Yak Hotel in Lhasa, was convicted of funding overseas Tibetan groups Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:21:13 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Free-Runggye-Adak Runggye Adak, a nomad from Lithang, Kham in eastern Tibet was arrested for publicly calling for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet. During the Lithang Horse Racing Festival in Tibet, Runggye took the microphone on the stage and called to the crowd,"These days there are those who say we don't need the Dalai Lama. The... Dalai Lama is the one that we six million Tibetans truly [need]...". Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:08:17 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Big-Brother-Widens-Watchful-Eye-In-China Mark MacKinnon Xining, China From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:08:17 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#UNICEF---Put-It-Right Globally, 1 in 6 children work. 218 million children aged 5 - 17 are involved in child labour world wide. 126 million children work in hazardous conditions. The highest numbers of child labourers are in the Asia/Pacific region, where there are 122 million working children. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:38:38 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/index.html Travel to Tibet, see many places and tell the world, said the Dalai Lama. I did, I have and I am telling YOU. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:59:18 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Donate-to-Australian-Tibet-Council ATC works for the human rights and cultural freedoms of the Tibetan people. As a financial supporter, you are an essential partner in ATCs vital work. You can contribute in a number of ways... Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:38:39 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Banjo's-War check out Lara Damiani's new documentary, 'Banjo's War'....please help spread the word and pass it on to others...a powerful story about an Indigenous community's struggle for self-determination...a great bunch of people whose story deserves to be told ! Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:31:12 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Amnesty-International-Ink-2008 beautiful new video from Amnesty. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:31:12 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Tibetan-Language-at-Risk-Under-Chinese-Rule Tibetans have had their own language and many dialects for centuries. But that all seems to be changing. These days, Tibetan students study most of their classes in Mandarin Chinesea language that's often key to finding a good jobespecially now that so many ethnic Chinese have migrated to Tibet. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:22:55 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Fewer-Tibetan-exiles-make-it-to-Dharamsala Tibet's Government in exile says China is succeeding in its efforts to reduce the number of Tibetans seeking exile in the Indian town of Dharamsala. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:21:31 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#UN-'concerned'-over-Nepal's-Deportation-of-Tibetans Nepal returned three Tibetan refugees to Chinese border police in early June, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding it was "extremely concerned" by the move. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:19:06 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Chinese-officials-assert-role-in-choosing-the-next-Dalai-Lama Future Tibetan spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama, must be approved by the Chinese central government, a senior Communist Party official said. The remarks were among the clearest indications yet that China will appoint a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama after the current Dalai Lama dies, setting off a struggle with exiled Tibetan leaders over religious control of the Chinese territory. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:02:17 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Dalai-Lama-75th-birthday Born on the 6th of July 1935 in a small Taktser hamlet in northeastern Tibet, at the age of two the Dalai Lama was recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama and he began his monastic education at the age of six. In those 75 years, the Dalai Lama has become an icon of peace and wisdom Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:58:14 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#John-Garnaut-in-Lhasa Sydney Morning Herald journalist John Garnaut's piece from Lhasa says much about the conditions on the ground and the Chinese Government's efforts to reframe opinions on Tibet. We take a close look at this latest piece of reporting from inside Tibet and explore how, despite China's scripting of such media visits, it is impossible to hide the tensions and divisions in Tibet's capital. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:56:20 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#China-cracks-down-on-inflential-Tibetans Karma Samdrup, an influential Tibetan environmentalist and antiques dealer, is not only the highest profile Tibetan to be arrested in recent years. He is the latest victim in what appears to be China's largest crackdown on Tibetan intellectuals, writers and artists since the Cultural Revolution. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:54:05 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Parliament-votes-no-to-congratulating-The-Dalai-Lama-On-His-75th-Birthday The Government and Opposition yesterday voted down a motion from Greens Senator Scott Ludlam congratulating the Dalai Lama on celebrating his 75th birthday in July and expressing hopes for a peacefully negotiated settlement between the Tibetan people and the Peoples Republic of China. This was the ninth motion on Tibet in a row to be rejected by both the main parties. Speaking in a debate back in February on a motion calling on the Prime Minister to meet the Dalai Lama, Senator Bob Brown called this pattern of blanket rejection of all motions on Tibet an extraordinary abuse by the government of the Senate. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:54:53 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Tibet-documentary-draws-Chinese-rebuke After making films about Tibet for two decades, filmmaking couple Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam are used to upsetting the Chinese government. But even they were surprised this year. The Chinese consul drove from Los Angeles to Palm Springs to protest the inclusion of their latest documentary at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. When the festival refused to pull the film, the two mainland Chinese entries to the festival were withdrawn. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:03:14 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Who-Is-Xi-Jinping By Dr. Simon Bradshaw, ATC Campaign Coordinator Chinas future leader to visit Australia and why pushing him on Tibet can be in our national interest Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:24:42 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Dalai-Lama-75th-Birthday-Event Dalai Lama 75th Birthday Events In July, Tibetans, Tibet supporters and Buddhists around the world will celebrate the 75th birthday of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Details for Melbourne Sunday 4 July 2010 Join with the Tibetan Community to celebrate the 75th Birthday of His Holiness The Dalai Lama - A Long Life Prayer Ceremony - Cultural performances by local Tibetan Community - BYO lunch - Free entrance Date: Sunday 4 July 2010 Time: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm Venue: Phoenix Park Community Centre, 22 Rob Roy St, Malvern East (Melway Ref: 69 D2) More Info: Please contact Sandup on 03 9576 7792 (leave a message) or email s.tsering@bigpond.com Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:20:39 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Chinese-Vice-FM-says-door-for-Tibet-talks-open Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying Monday said that the door for Tibet talks was always open and that there was sincerity from the Chinese side to continue the dialogue. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:17:22 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Crackdown-on-Tibetan-Writers-and-Artists The detention of the influential Tibetan writer Shogdung from his office in Xining on April 23 signals a deepening crackdown on Tibetan writers, artists and educators since protests against the Chinese state began in March, 2008 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:15:40 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/three-hours-by-plane-three-weeks-by-train.html After a delay, due to a typhoon that struck Shanghai causing the airport to close, which was defined as 'indefinite' on the airport monitor, I arrived Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:57 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#China-Sentences-Tibetan-To-Death Last week the Lhasa Peoples Intermediate Court handed down a suspended death sentence to another Tibetan in connection with the March 2008 events in Lhasa. 23-year-old Sonam Tsering has become the seventh Tibetan to be sentenced to death following the 2008 uprising. Two of those sentenced last year - Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak - are now known to have been executed. All trials have been conducted in secret despite strong international appeals for due legal process. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:04:19 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Earthquake-Fundraising-Concert. 5 June - Blue Mountains, NSW Sakya Trinley Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Activities Group in the Blue Mountains, is pleased to announce a Fundraising Concert on Saturday June 5th at The Blue Mountains Grammar School, featuring the remarkable sounds of Tibetan singer, Tenzin Choegyal. The concert will also feature local dance company, Hands, Heart and Feet, as well as percussion instrumentalists, ZenRasa. Tenzin Choegyal, who has delighted the Blue Mountains community in the past with his incredible voice and beautiful music, will be coming directly from New York where he will be performing in another earthquake fundraising concert. The event will also feature guest speaker, Mr Sonam Dagpo, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's representative in Australia. There will also be a raffle with great prizes donated from businesses around the mountains, as well as a delicious dinner available, and of course our famous chai and cakes. There will also be a Dharma shop with lots of beautiful things to buy. Tickets cost $35 (adults), $30 (concession), $15 (children) or $85 (family - two adults and two children) Tickets are available online Sun, 30 May 2010 23:58:53 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Gut-Instinct-Foreign-Correspondent Tuesday 1 June 2010, 8.00pm ABC1 This week's Foreign Correspondent joins the fascinating journey to discover whether or not Helicobacter Pylori is the cause of what a community of Tibetan monks in India call 'Phowa'." View the full program summary of the Foreign Correspondent website Sun, 30 May 2010 23:58:53 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Tibet's-Cry-for-Freedom Buy a copy of Lara Damiani's "Tibet's Cry for Freedom" DVD online...a percentage of sales will be donated to the Tibet Earthquake Relief Fund via globaldevelopment.org.au Sun, 30 May 2010 01:29:08 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Photocopy-rules-in-Tibet Lhasa residents are told to register to make photocopies, in a move apparently aimed at the distribution of Tibetan language material. Fri, 28 May 2010 04:55:07 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/best-coffee-table-book.html Someone called Child of Tibet the best coffee table book he had ever seen. It's a heartfelt publication that's not only beautiful but also serves a good cause. Order it here. Mon, 24 May 2010 01:47:39 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Tibet-A-chronology-of-key-events 7th-9th century - Namri Songzen and descendants begin to unify Tibetan-inhabited areas and conquer neighbouring territories, in competition with China. Tibetan pilgrim A Tibetan pilgrim. Picture: John Miles/PA Wire 822 - Peace treaty with China delineates borders. 1244 - Mongols conquer Tibet. Tibet enjoys considerable.... Mon, 17 May 2010 11:42:11 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/externallinks.html A quality list of of active Tibetan websites Mon, 17 May 2010 00:03:56 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/the-backpacker.html Trapped. Stale - need a change. Need to leave. Fantasy. I can go ... anywhere? Beginning to organise. Its real! Excitement. Insecurity. Unknown. Fear. Mon, 10 May 2010 01:35:27 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/share.html I want you to submit your stories, poems, pictures about yours or others' Tibetan or other travel experiences. Tue, 04 May 2010 05:41:04 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/share.html I want you to submit your stories, poems, pictures about yours or others' Tibetan or other travel experiences. Tue, 04 May 2010 04:53:46 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Tibet-Regions-and-territories Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the "roof of the world", is governed as an autonomous region of China. The allegiances of many Tibetans lie with the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, seen by his followers as a living god, but by China as a separatist threat. Mon, 03 May 2010 23:39:10 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/cycling-across-the-himalayas.html The 1,200-km Highway 318 from Lhasa to Kathmandu has suddenly become one of the most fashionable, grueling and wondrous trails for international mountain Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:19:07 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Tibetan-writer-detained-after-quake-critique A Tibetan writer who had signed an open letter critical of the Chinese government's quake relief efforts in western Qinghui province has been detained by police Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:08:46 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/tibetan-kids.html copying me taking a phot Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:18:51 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/ganden-monastery.html Early morning monk Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:18:35 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/potala-palace.html Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:18:20 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Tibetans-Distrust-Chinas-Help JIEGU, China The Buddhist monks stood atop the jagged remains of a vocational school, struggling to move concrete slabs with pickax shovels and bare hands. Suddenly a cry went out: An arm, clearly lifeless, was poking through the debris. As the pyres burned for much of the day, hundreds of mourners gathered on a hillside. The police and public officials were absent. But before the monks could finish their task, a group of Chinese soldiers who had been relaxing on the school grounds sprang to action. They put on their army caps, waved the monks away, and with a video camera for their unit rolling, quickly extricated the body of a young girl. Andrew Jacobs, New York Times Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:04:02 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/lhasa.html May 7, 2009 21:29 GMT-6 Lhasa Lhasa is one of the most featured and mysterious cities in the world.As remoteness and high altitude at 3,650 meters (11,975 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:52:23 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Tibetan-quake-toll-rises Survivors pulled from rubble as Tibetan quake toll rises Jane Macartney,Times Online,April 15, 2010 RESCUERS clawed through the rubble of schools and mud-built homes with bare hands in the search for survivors of an earthquake that killed about 600 people in a remote Tibetan town yesterday. One official in Yushu, on the Tibetan plateau, said that 900 people had been pulled out alive but many more remained buried after at least 85 per cent of the town was reduced to rubble by the 6.9-magnitude tremor. He estimated the number of injured at about 10,000. "It is still early so we don't have a clear figure yet," said Pubu Tsering, a director of the rescue work. The earthquake struck the region at 7.49am and was followed by a series of strong aftershocks that toppled most of the low-rise brick and mud-packed residential buildings. Dazed residents wandered the streets of the town afterwards, ill prepared to face the freezing night temperatures without water, food or power. "The injured are everywhere in the street. A lot of people are bleeding from head wounds," an official said. Chinese authorities sent two aircraft with specialist rescue teams and doctors to Yushu, touching down at the town's tiny, recently completed airport. As many as 60 monks were buried and 35 killed when the earthquake toppled at least two of the region's ancient Buddhist monasteries. Numerous monasteries and temples dot the hills around Yushu. The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, offered prayers for those who lost their lives. The Times Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:25:08 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Earthquake-fund The International Campaign for Tibet is collecting donations to help with the recent earthquake there. Contributions to ICT will be redirected in their entirety to a not-for-profit organization working with Tibetan partners in Yushu. You may donate by visiting the ICT website www.savetibet.org or by mail to: International Campaign for Tibet Attn: Earthquake Relief 1825 Jefferson Place, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:19:58 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Earthquake-in-Tibet:-New-reports-of-67-dead BEIJING A strong earthquake killed at least 67 people and buried many others in northwestern China's remote Qinghai province on Wednesday, the government said. (China claims Tibet as its territory but the Tibetans say it was an independent country before 1959. The epicenter of the quake is in Yushu in Qinghai. Yushu falls in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham but most of the Tibetan areas in today's Qinghai were part of the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo) Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:58:19 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#China-tightening-border-control-in-Tibet:-Dalai-Lama-envoy The number of exiles from Tibet has declined because China is stepping up border control in the region, a senior envoy to the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said Friday. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:18:00 GMT http://www.tibet-travel-experience.com/travel-to-tibet-blog.html#Shadow-cyber-spy-network-revealed A "complex cyber-espionage" network that penetrated various organisations including the Office of the Dalai Lama, has been uncovered by researchers. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:13:17 GMT