Tuesday, February 16, 2010

India: First Weekend Trip: McLeod Ganj: Tse Chokling Monestary: Saturday

After asking around the town, I finally found Tse Chokling Monestary. It was down this really sketchy dirt road off the main road of the town. When I reached the steps leading down to the entrance of the Monestary i thought, you have got to be kidding me. It was kind of like Ace Ventura in concept. The stairs were windy and completely different but same effect. I reached the bottom and saw the Monestary perched on the side of the mountain looking over the whole Kangra Valley. It was quite a sight.

I took pictures of the temple courtyard, inside the temple and around the grounds before I went into the office to negotiate a price for the room. Refreshingly enough negotiation was not apart of the transaction. In fact, the monk who ran the place told me to pay him whatever I felt was a suitable price at the end of my stay.....He got me......

After I checked out the room, I put down my stuff and hiked back up to town to begin a day of Trekking farther north of McLeod Ganj.

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  1. You have imparted very good information about Mcleodganj in Himachal Pradesh. it is a very beautiful place to visit in himachal Pradesh. Himachal Tourism is the best place for tourism in India.

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