| From monasteries where young lamas train to coloured gompa, as well as the prayer flags on the cols and important crossing points? everything here shows the omnipresence of Buddhism in everyone's life. |
| Once completed, the gompa would house a half-dozen lamas, or Buddhist priests, and would be the largest for miles around. |
| We cross the village and its chorten before reaching the monastery of Yalung gompa, 1 km further in a valley in westerly direction. |
| A barge enables us to reach the northern bank from where we gain access to Samye G. After the visit we cross the river and a bit further we go up a side valley up to Mindroling gompa. |
| Diskit gompa is over 500 years old and might have grown out the mountainside. |
| Behind the houses of the village we discover the monastery of Chakar Chöde gompa which is gelugpa and contains a beautiful statue of Cakyamuni. |
