Thiksay Gompa (also written as Tikse, Tiksey or Thiksey) is a monastery affiliated with the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on top of a hill in Thiksey village, approx. 19 km east of Leh in Ladakh, India. It is noted for its resemblance to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet and is the largest gompa in central Ladakh, notably containing a separate set of buildings for female renunciates that has been the source of significant recent building and reorganisation.

This picture has been taken during the month of July 1986 with a traditional silver film camera. Then it has been digitalized in 2014.

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Escape, relaxing with my girl Julie in the beautiful waters of Boracay Island.

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See also my gallery “North Italy”. – My own pictures from strolling through the cities Verona and Bergamo in Fall 2015.

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The defensive walls of the Old City of Dubrovnik with a mysterious doorway in the foreground, Croatia, May 2016.

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Ta Xua is a commune in Bac Yen District, Son La Province, Vietnam.
For these young people want to watch the sea of clouds floating, rippling the sequence Ta Xua (natural boundary between the two provinces of Son La and Yen Bai) is an attractive destination, can not fail to visit once in a lifetime.

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Whitby Beach huts by the cliffs

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Majestic Mount Rainier, always looming in the distance.

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Just a colourful sunrise! Hope you like it as much as I do!

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