Preview of Jkirby's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Ganden Monastery, China Entry Title: "3 Days Solo Trek, Ganden to Samye Monastery" Entry: "In Ganden, walking the lower kora (pilgrimage walk) behind the monastery, I ran into a Tibetan sky burial site. This is were a specially chosen Tibetan monk takes a corpse, lays it out on a mountain top, and chops the flesh to pieces with a knife to attract vultures to eat the flesh off the corpse. Once the body has been picked to bones, the monk crushes the bones and mixes it with meal to again attract vultures. I've read differing accounts and talked with one American who witnessed a sky burial last month in Litang. Though I didn't have the opportunity to witness a sky burial, just seeing the site with discarded clothing, human hair, and abandoned knives and hammers was an experience I'll never forget. After a day of wandering around Ganden monastery, I headed out on what I figured would be a four or five day solo trek across a couple 5000+ meter passes to Samye Monastery. Most hire yaks, yak herders and a guide and some even hire a cook. I didn't quite see the need for all that so I set off by myself. I can't even begin to describe how moved I was walking alone through glacial Himalayan valleys. I can't say as I was really alone. There was another foreigner with 4 yaks, a guide, and 3 other herders ...
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