journey to Macleod Gange
lunch on way
Chi stop
Bhagsu breakfast
Ani Semchi in Bhagsu garden
Katie's first chuba
Lama dancing1
kleshas dancing
kelshas dancing2
Gyuto monastery
Rooftop breakfast
Sarah and Katie wait to see Situ R
Group photo Sherab Ling
Maitreya
Katie and Sam next to Tai Situ's throne
Sarah & Maitreya
Looking up in temple at Sherab Ling
Stupa at Bir
Bir guest House
Thanka painting inside Stupa at Bir
Stupa art close up
More Thanka painting inside stupa at Bir
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Bir Gyurmeling Guest House
Mani's red oval
Mani stones many
Mani' blue
mani blue best
mani's red
Mani stone. wide blue
mani stone red large
Mani Om
Bir shop
Sarah Bir temple
Sam Katie Tom puppy
Katie and puppy
puppy Sam bill Katie
lionhearts & Puppy
Tom & Stupa
Sherab leads to tulku
Gyurmeling and group
tulku's treehouse
Gyurmeling
Sherab and kids
Tulku and bill
Tulku and ron
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Sam, tulku and Katie best
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Sam, Katie and tulku
Tulku and Helen
Tulku
Guru Rinpoche terma
monks Bir playing
Chenrezig puja
bir little monks
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metal work not best
metal workers two
Sherab & gyurmeling monastery
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morning kora Bir
mani red rock
Mani red slab & stupa
Gyurmeling other temple
gyurmeling monastery
stupa lion detail
door detail
door wheel detail
stupa painter
stupa painting interior
stupa interior detail
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Gyurmeling Monastery
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Gyurmeling temple with monk
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Gyurmeling temple and boys
Boys Gyurmeling
door detail exquisite
door detail colourful
door detail gyurmeling
lady at bir
mani red close
mani close up
monastery G thro door
guesthouse Bir with Helen
Helen Ron Bill Bir
Dorret Charles
Sarah with Sherab Ling retreat master
retreat master Sarah donk on head
Retreat master Sherab Ling
Rhesus monkey1
Rhesus monkey2
Relic temple at Sherab Ling
Sarah walking away Sherab Ling
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funnel flower blue
funnel flower red
Sam offering relic temple
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relic temple pillar dragon
funnel frond edge
wood detail
relic temple statue
relic t Sam Katie
Relic & Semchi
relic shrine Sherab Ling
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Sherab Ling Guest House
Lunch @Sherab Ling
cricket
Red crown Semchi
Red Crown Sam
Red Crown Bill
Red Crown Sarah
Red Crown Brenda
REd Crown Tom
Sherab Ling courtyard
Lama with hat
sherab ling temple front
sherab ling courtyard fire
Sherab ling courtyard door
sherab ling temple roof deer
Sherab Ling monks courtyard
Helen and Ton Sherab Ling
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Semchi and Palden's relatives bir
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Bill drinking coffee
charles side on
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Dorret
Bir Primary1
bir Primary 2
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Sarah & semchi teaching
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Bir Primary 3
Bir school1
Bir primary2
Bir primary Pema and Sarah
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Bir Primary yard
bir Primary wooden stilts
Bir Primary building
bir Primary kids desks
Bir Primary classroom
Bir Primary monk
Bir Primary kids
bir Primary katie
bir Primary boys
Bir Primary Sarah Katie Sam
Bir Primary two kids and postcard
Bir Primary Whaley postcard
Bir Primary Pema and postcard
bir Primary library
Bir donation
Bir Primary teacher and Sam
Bir primary Sarah & teachers photoshot
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Bir Primary one boy
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Bir Primary Sam
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Bir Primary bill
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Sarah and Tenzin @ Bir
Gyurmeling Monastery best shot
Tulku's home
Stupa Bir
Tai Situpa & Sarah
Sherab Ling shrine drum
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offerings
Sherab Ling corridor Paula
Tara Shrine Sherab Ling
Sherab Ling entrance
sky line
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evening scene cows and person
boy and evening
corn and tree
Gyurmeling from road
girl on road
littel boy on road bir
motorbike and rooster
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bir funny tree evening light
children Bir on road
school kids Bir road
woman at pipe bir
bir street
Bir:cooks at work
bir Cafe
Fried momos
puppy Katie Sam night
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Sarah puppy
Sherab with new mum and Dad
Katie and little puppy @ Bir
after seeing Karmapa
Paula Karen after Karmapa
Charles and Dorret after seeing Karmapa
Helen & Brenda after K
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Petra & Katie after seeing Karmapa
Tom Sam Bill after Karmapa
Rock temple
Temple and rocks
Sherab Ling Fire puja
Bir guest room
Bir other temple
bir other monastery
bir other monastery corner
weaving carpets at bir
Paula at Bir
Bir donkeys
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Sarah in togden's room with kudu
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prayer wheels Norblinka
tanka fabric Norblinka
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Norblinka Tanka workshop
Norblinka
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Norblinka Institute
Katie and sweets
Helen plaits Katie's hair
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Helen's birthday
Katie aged 13
Kim & Sarah and donation
Kim
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Zompa's birthday
Bill at Macleod
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Macleod gange
Bill Clinton
Sarah at Gyuto
Karma Zangmo
Buddhist family Lionheart
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Bodhisattvas Ron and Helen
bodhissatvas Sarah and Bill
Karen
group @ Gyuto
Sam & Sarah after bodhissatva vows at Norblinka
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ganesh
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cottage @ Tso Pema
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Shops @ Tso Pema
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Nandi bull
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Tso pema hungry fish
nandi bull front
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flags @ Tso Pema
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Sarah with consort
Guru Rinpoche
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bill deep in thought at Guru Rinpoche's cave
prayer flags
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Bill putting up flags
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putting up flags
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Sarah lighting incense
Guru Rinpoche's footprint
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retreat hut
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incense and flags for sale
intrepid pilgrim Sam
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Tso Pema lake
Sarah at prayer wheels
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Bill and Sam and monkey at lake
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ladies and prayer wheels
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Tibetan lady with baby
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Sky over Tso Pema
GR's cave on skyline
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gold temple by lake
beads for sale
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cold monkey family
group dinner Tso Pema
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Yoga at tea break
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groovy music huh
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contradictory signs
flying home
our Munich tea spot
Tenzin Palmo with Sam and Sarah
Sam at Munich airport
Dalai Lama's residence
lionhearts at Sherab Ling
group at Sherab Ling
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Mani stones at Mcleod Gange
Macleod Gange
Bhagsu Hotel gate
breakfast table set
Corridor in the Bhagsu hotel
first breakfast
Market stalls in Mcleod gange
stupa corner with clouds
stupa stunning
kora
plains below
Macleod distant
sherab Ling retreat house
Katie's first chuba
journey
jeeps
Stupa bir at dusk
heading out to see the tulku
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waiting to see Tulku
waiting at bir
Sam katta tulku
Tom & tulku
Dorret Charles Tulku
group tulku
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Tulku and group
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Tenzin Tulku & kids
Sarah and Tulku
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walking back from Tulku
Katie and Sarah walking back to Guest house Bir
Bir street Sarah Katie Sam
snow peaks
snow peaks above
Bir - amazing sky above bir
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Sarah doing prostrations
cool tea break
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last group photo
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Sam & puppy best @ Bir
Sam and puppy
Sam and Tulku
retreat master Sherab Ling and Sam
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Sam silly
Sam silly2 bir
puppy Sam tibetan shirt
Sam and Cane bush
Sam and hat
Sam at Breakfast
Sam at Macleod
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Sam and prayer wheel
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Sherab Palden's nephews