Amarbayasgalant Monastery

The Road to Shambala

Amarbayasgalant Monastery is serene and lovely, well worth the difficult (bumpy 5+ hour drive from UB) to get there. As we drove the last 35 kilometers (see photo of sign), the Three Dog Night song “T...

The Road to Shambala

Amarbayasgalant Monastery is serene and lovely, well worth the difficult (bumpy 5+ hour drive from UB) to get there. As we drove the last 35 kilometers (see photo of sign), the Three Dog Night song “T...

Buddhist centre

One of the few monasteries to have escaped destruction during the Russian purge the central section is well preserved. Although Chinese in style it has an unique cultural relationship with the nomadi...

Buddhist centre

One of the few monasteries to have escaped destruction during the Russian purge the central section is well preserved. Although Chinese in style it has an unique cultural relationship with the nomadi...

My first visit to a buddhist monastery

When I did the Trans-Siberian Express I also stayed for more than a week in Mongolia and the first day in this gorgeous country was a visit to this monastery. The monastery itself is quite nice, but i...