On the suggestion of a friend, I'll be coming back in April when everything is fresh in bloom. However, discovering the gardens in thsi way was as if I were visiting an elderly, reclusive uncle, and discovered a place long abandoned, but waiting to be reborn ...
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| "Sun-dial" Good thing we had cell phones on us, or we might have been there all day! |
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| I had to cross a boundary rope and trample through 2 ft. of snow to clear this off, only to discover an icy base. What did people do to tell the time in winter? |
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| There were lots of these type of statues around ... I don't know why. |
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| A cluster of stubborn red. |
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Experts from Tibet designed and built this authentic shelter- thingy. It's the only one in the world covered with snow for half the year. P.s. Real gold!   |
