Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Possibly the tackiest souvenir ever?!

On my travels I visited Samye monastery, Tibet (the first Buddhist monastery built in Tibet, in the late 8th century), and found quite possibly the tackiest souvenir EVER in their small gift shop.


If you turn up your speakers and listen hard, you'll hear these things had sound (a choice of 3 tracks!). You'll also hear me giggling ;-)


I wish I'd had enough room in the rucksack to have bought one home with me. Instead, I'm settling for this video as a poor second best.




More information on Samye monastery, if you're interested, at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samye
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/samye-monastery
http://www.everesttrekking.com/tibet/SamyeMonastery.html