Hi. How do you like my Potala Palace selfie?
The Potala Palace is in Lhasa, the main city in Tibet. It's a very beautiful building, all in white, red and gold. Here's a close-up picture.
The Dalai Lama, the leader of Tibet, used to spend a lot of his time here but he lives in India now.
China rules Tibet but lots of people in Tibet want to be separate from China, a bit like lots of people in Scotland wanted to be separate from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland they had a referendum, so everyone voted to say whether they wanted Scotland to be a separate country or not. There isn't going to be a referendum in Tibet though; it's going to stay a part of China.
I went inside the palace and there are lots of gold statues of the Buddha (people in Tibet are mostly Buddhist, a bit like in some parts of Nepal). There are also lots of monasteries in Tibet. They are some of the most amazing buildings I have visited on my travels. I have never seen so many gold statues before!
When I went to visit a monastery, the monks were learning about Buddhism. They divided into pairs and one person asked questions while the other person had to answer. I imagine Robin, Adam and Grace do this at school sometimes except they might be testing each other on maths or history instead of Buddhism.
I was very impressed by Tibetan monasteries. I saw lots of them in just a few days though so I think it might be time to go and look at some more mountains now!
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