Comments on: What NOT to do in Tibet http://matadornetwork.com/trips/what-not-to-do-in-tibet/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: avisoo http://matadornetwork.com/trips/what-not-to-do-in-tibet/#comment-4757 avisoo Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:27:04 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5563#comment-4757 Nice post! Tibet is my next trip list on october, very useful for me. Can i enter and get the tibet travel permit without join the tour? thx Ryan Nice post! Tibet is my next trip list on october, very useful for me. Can i enter and get the tibet travel permit without join the tour? thx Ryan

]]> By: ryan http://matadornetwork.com/trips/what-not-to-do-in-tibet/#comment-4499 ryan Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:27:35 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5563#comment-4499 paul, perhaps no.5 was not necessary. i certainly may be selling the readers of matador short. if so, i apologize. i said what i did, though, because i have heard many people do such. the term 'noble savage' refers to the reification of native americans to can-do-no-wrong status. for example, espousing the idea that any and every native american was environmentally friendly and worked the earth with perfect devotion to its eternal health. some did, and some didn't. it's quite a simplistic stereotype to set them up as perfect examples of environmental care vis-a-vis our present treatment of the environment. this is too common with tibetans, and i think it sells them short of their humanity, and their personality. some, i think, view anything done or said by tibetans as unquestionably wise. certainly there are many tibetan cultural and social practices that would fall into this category. but some too should be questioned, just as some practices of every culture deserve to be questioned. having said that, perhaps i should expect the best in people... paul,

perhaps no.5 was not necessary. i certainly may be selling the readers of matador short. if so, i apologize.

i said what i did, though, because i have heard many people do such. the term ‘noble savage’ refers to the reification of native americans to can-do-no-wrong status. for example, espousing the idea that any and every native american was environmentally friendly and worked the earth with perfect devotion to its eternal health. some did, and some didn’t. it’s quite a simplistic stereotype to set them up as perfect examples of environmental care vis-a-vis our present treatment of the environment.

this is too common with tibetans, and i think it sells them short of their humanity, and their personality. some, i think, view anything done or said by tibetans as unquestionably wise. certainly there are many tibetan cultural and social practices that would fall into this category. but some too should be questioned, just as some practices of every culture deserve to be questioned.

having said that, perhaps i should expect the best in people…

]]> By: Paul http://matadornetwork.com/trips/what-not-to-do-in-tibet/#comment-4498 Paul Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:22:33 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5563#comment-4498 Hey, Good article, but is number 5 really necessary? Apart from that good advice. I've been around the edges of Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Litang in Sichuan is probably the coolest place I've visited. Hey,
Good article, but is number 5 really necessary? Apart from that good advice. I’ve been around the edges of Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Litang in Sichuan is probably the coolest place I’ve visited.

]]> By: ryan http://matadornetwork.com/trips/what-not-to-do-in-tibet/#comment-3972 ryan Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:33:18 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5563#comment-3972 thanks for the comments guys. tibet is well worth the effort. thanks for the comments guys. tibet is well worth the effort.

]]> By: Chris http://matadornetwork.com/trips/what-not-to-do-in-tibet/#comment-4003 Chris Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:30:17 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5563#comment-4003 Awesome post mate. I was undecided about visiting tibet but having read that I'm keen as to go. Awesome post mate. I was undecided about visiting tibet but having read that I’m keen as to go.

]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadornetwork.com/trips/what-not-to-do-in-tibet/#comment-4002 Tim Patterson Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:11:23 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5563#comment-4002 Excellent post. I recommend trekking to the village of Yubeng, accessible via Deqin in NW Yunnan Province. There's a Tibetan pilgrimage route there, with many holy sites, and no restrictions on foreign visitors because it's technically outside of the TAR. Excellent post. I recommend trekking to the village of Yubeng, accessible via Deqin in NW Yunnan Province. There’s a Tibetan pilgrimage route there, with many holy sites, and no restrictions on foreign visitors because it’s technically outside of the TAR.

]]> By: Abbie http://matadornetwork.com/trips/what-not-to-do-in-tibet/#comment-3999 Abbie Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:33:06 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5563#comment-3999 Great tips - Tibet is on my bucket list, so one day I'll have to use these :) Great tips – Tibet is on my bucket list, so one day I’ll have to use these :)

]]> By: Reeti http://matadornetwork.com/trips/what-not-to-do-in-tibet/#comment-3995 Reeti Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:25:04 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5563#comment-3995 Hey Ryan! great to see your article here :) Hey Ryan!

great to see your article here :)

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