A CLIFF-SIDE MONASTERY 



This group of buildings forms part of the Paro-ta-tsang monastery, which is perched on the face of 

 a perpendicular cliff thousands of feet above sea-level. Note the prayer flags and shrine in the road in 

 the foreground of the picture. From this point the road descends into an almost impassable gorge by 

 steps cut out of the solid rock where the smallest slip would mean being precipitated down a couple of 

 thousand feet. (See also pages 374-377.) Photo by John Claude White. 



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