Good
grief, yes, the toilet. Well, however.... while the upper right picture shows
exactly what is still in my memory of the "hotel", except that the arm-chairs
for the dogs are now missing, the toilet seems to have changed location. Or,
perhaps, it is integrated now in the new Chinese hotel complex, which one would
expect would mean it enjoys an upgraded standard now.
However, it seems to be removed from the stream which had previously
served nicely as a continuous flushing. Probably the toilet has now fallen back
to the standard Chinese format where stalagmites grow against your
ass through the hole.
Wolfgang
darchen
indeed survives in pages & pages of pix & maps
http://images.google.com/images?q=kailash%20darchen&num=20&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N&tab=wi
where
you may even see the promised toilet
--- "L. A. Nadybal"
<lnadybal@...> wrote:
> Did you take any
pictures?
> I'd love to see what the place looked like.
> Len
>
>
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com,
"Wolfgang
> Schaub"
> <Wolfgang.Schaub@c...> wrote:
>
> Having been there as such is enough.
> >
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von:
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >
[mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag
> von L. A.
Nadybal
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Juni 2005
04:17
> > An: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>
> Betreff: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Bhutan Exclaves in
>
Tibet
> >
> >
> > You weren't - it
was gone by then.
> > Best I can do for you was that you
were in a
> former Bhutanese exclave.
> > Or, if
you are a purist, and consider that it
> still is Bhutanese,
then
> > you were in an occupied Bhutanese exclave.
> Which do you prefer?
> > Len
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com,
"Wolfgang
> Schaub"
> >
<Wolfgang.Schaub@c...> wrote:
> > > Darchen!
Unbelievable! Never had I thought
> that I was in a Bhutanese
>
> exclave
> > > when I circled around
Mt Kailash in September
> 1994.
> > >
>
> > Darchen consisted - at that time - of an
>
assembly of Tibetan
> > dwellings, a
>
> > "poor" caravanseray-type restaurant/hotel and
>
the idea of a toilet
> > located
> >
> over a small stream, open to the curious views
> of the locals (How
do
> > they do
> > > it, those
Westerners? Is it true that theis is
> longer than ours?)
>
> >
> > > Close-by, behind a wall,
the Chinese began
> building a "true" hotel.
> > At
least
> > > they had been able, to that point,
affixing a
> metal plaque at
> the wall
> >
> describing in glorious language what their
> intentions
were.
> > >
> > > There were
also Tibetan (prostitutes?) who
> believed they should
>
> behave and
> > > clothe like Chinese
- ridiculous - deplorabe?
> > >
>
> > Now, as I hear, they are building a road
> around
Mt Kailash, to
> > attract more
> >
> tourists. I see with pleasure that tourists
> will fly in
Through
> Lhasa,
> > > travel without
acclimatization to Darchen,
> step out of their car on
>
> the pass
> > > behind Mt Kailash -
5600 m high - and
> collapse. What a nice
> >
experience must
> > > that be!
>
> >
> > > Good luck to Darchen. You
won't survive.
> > >
> > >
Wolfgang
> > > -----Ursprüngliche
Nachricht-----
> > > Von:
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > >
[mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com]Im
> Auftrag von L. A.
Nadybal
> > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Juni
2005 06:41
> > > An:
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > >
Betreff: [BoundaryPoint] Bhutan Exclaves in
> Tibet
>
> >
> > >
> >
> Thanks Chris... here is what I dreamt up
> about the
subject:
> > >
> >
> a. There were seven Bhutanese
exclaves.
> > > b.
Their names were:
> >
> - Taharen
(also: Darchen / Tarchen
> and [to the Chinese:
> >
Daerjing)
> >
> -
Tsehher
> >
> -
Diraphu
> >
> - Dzung
Tuphu
> >
> -
Jangeke
> >
> -
Chahip
> >
> -
Cooha
> > >
> >
> c. Darchen was the
administrative
> capital of the region,
> located
>
> > at 80'20" E and 30'55" N, about 100
yeards
> from the foothills
> of Mt.
> >
> Kailash. Kailash is about 100 miles
> directly
north of the
> > > northwesternmost tip of
Nepal - a good 300
> to 400 miles from
> Bhutan,
>
> > regardless of whether you are a walking
or
> flying crow.
> According to
> >
> literature, Darchen under the Bhutanese
> consisted of
a temple,
> a "poor
> > >
restaurant" and a teahouse.
> >
> d. To the Bhutanese, theses
possessions
> were collectively
> known as
>
> > "Northern Kangri".
> >
> e. In 1949, Bhutan's entered into
the
> treaty with India about
> > >
which you read in a couple of messages
> earlier, under which it
>
agreed
> > > to be "guided" by India (not
subservient to
> India) with
> respect to its
>
> > foreign relations. The treaty replaced
the
> earlier one that
> it had
> >
> with the UK, which had quit India. Under
> the
treaty, the
> Bhutanese
> > > sought
out Indian assistance in getting a
> complaint lodged
> with
China
> > > about the Chinese interfering
with the
> Bhutanese government's
> >
> official courier to the area, and for
> preventing the
courier from
> > > seeking protection of
the Indians at the
> Indian Trade Agency
> offices
>
> > in Tibet.
> >
> On 19 August 1959, India issued a letter of
> protest
to China about
> > > this matter on
Bhutan's behalf.
> > >
f. Shortly after the complaint was
> filed, Chinese
soldiers
> > > occupied the
exclaves. Another complaint
> letter was requested
> and
was
> > > issued, but to no avail.
>
> > g. Shortly after
that, Bhutan closed its
> border with Tibet
> (it is
>
> > still closed to this day). It withdrew
the
> Lamas from the embassy
> > >
(called a "trade mission" by British envoy
> Williamson in his
>
map of
> > > Lhasa) and the exclaves and
essentially
> abandoned them. (I've
> heard
>
> > that the former governor from the
exclaves
> is alive today and
> living
> >
> in Bhutan).
> >
> h. Bhutan also possesses a Stupa
near
> Kathhmandu. It may
> be only
> >
> extraterritorial - I've not been able to
> ascertain
that.
> > > i.
Bhutan also possesses or possessed
> two plots of land in
>
> > Kalimpong, India, which were left to it
when
> the rest of what was
> > >
known under British rule as "British Bhutan"
> - an area SW of
>
Bhutan
> > > and S of Sikkim, which
Britain annexed in
> the 1860s in
> retribution for
>
> > Bhutanese acts that caused the Duar
War. A
> Bhutanese post office
> >
> operated there in the early to mid 1960s.
> On these
plots
> there are
> > > what are
known as the Old and New Bhutan
> Houses. They were
> owned
by
> > > the royal family, which I hear
placed one or
> both
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