Trisha's posts with tag: monastery
|  | In 2002, I resigned from my job and embarked on a 1 year Round-the-World trip.
Full of apprehension on whether I could really do this trip (I figured I might just travel for 6 months instead of a year), I began my journey in China.
I meandered through the interior of China, through Yunnan province, did a horse-trek around the Songpan mountains, sampled Tibetan cultures in Langmusi and Xiahe, scaled sand dunes in Dunhuang, stuffed my face with mutton kebabs in Muslim Kashgar and experienced the grandeur of Beijing.
After 2 months of fascinating minority races and astounding natural and man-made sights, soaking in the history and myriad cultures of China, I was hooked on travelling! I decided that, by hook or by crook, I was going to stretch this trip to last 1 whole year.
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| | I crossed to Mongolia from China with some of the hostel friends I met in Beijing as part of the 2002-2003 Round-the-World trip.
It was totally unplanned that a Mongolian man should invite us to stay with his family in a traditional ger. What a delight! The Naadam Festival was also interesting (and a bit kitschy) and the trip down to Kharkhorin and meeting Lily-Marie, the effervescent nun in her 70s, was thoroughly memorable as well!
Special thanks to Jus, Tina, Goretti and Pablo for sharing this part of the journey with me! |
| Category: | Books | | Genre: | Literature & Fiction | | Author: | Umberto Eco |
Wonderful historical novel about murders in a 14th-century monastery. An absolute page-turner as the gruesome bodies came popping up. William of Baskerville? Yep, it alludes to Sherlock Holmes (The Hounds of Baskervilles) And with a labyrinthine library, you can't help but wonder if there is any reference to Jorge Luis Borges's favourite theme. Indeed, the elderly blind librarion is named Jorge from Burgos, obviously a nudge in that area.
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