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Nope, we are in Arunachal Pradesh, but where in there?

Are you at Malinithan situated at Likabali?

nope... think more spiritual

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Originally Posted by uncle phil (Post 2608324)

malinithan?

Nope, Nick just guessed that. I am close to the Bhutan border.

You got it! I am in Buddhist Tawang. So I didn't call this landlocked because I guess its actually a part of India, but I've also seen things that say China stakes a claim at it. Either way it's kind of a sacred place so no one is going to get too involved with it.

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...m/10456386.jpg

Tawang Monastery or Gompa also known as the 'Galden Namgyal Lhatse', is a 400 year old Tawang Monastery Buddhist monastery of the Mahayana sect, built in the 17th century. It is situated at a height of 3500 meters or 10,000 ft at the Bhutan border. The monastery was founded by a monk, Mera Lama, a contemporary of the fifth Dalai Lama. It is a vast complex of 65 buildings - a treasure house of old scriptures, priceless images, painted tapestries, books and collection of gold lettered Buddhist scriptures. The ‘Parkhang’ hall of the monastery houses the library which holds the rare hand written and block-printed 'Thankas' or manuscripts of revered books like 'Tangym', 'Kangyur' and 'Sungbhum'. The other rare works of Buddhist literature include 108 gold-embossed manuscripts of the 'Teaching of Lord Buddha' and 225 volumes of the explanations of Buddha’s teachings covered with specially designed moth - proof silk adorned with paintings. There is a towering 18 ft high gilded statue of the Buddha in the monastery complex.

http://www.gurudongma.com/images/aru...astery%202.jpg

Nick is up!

That's very beautiful.

cool place, Mac. I'm feeling particularly spiritual just thinking of that place. Peace.

Give me a bit to figure out where to go next.

OK, folks, where in the world am I?

are you near the IDL? :)

depends what you mean by "near" ;) ...but no

no, I'm EH and NH...but nowhere near Alaska

Tul's in my trail...I'm a 'pean

Not in a landlocked country, but I'm also not on the coast. After you guess the country, I'm in a very unusual sort of Palace.

is versailles in the country you are in?

I'm south of the 50 and yes, I'm in in the same country that Versailles is in < damn those dangling participles < that's not a clue, I'm just saying

that would be france, not monaco?

All the girls in france
Do the hula hula dance
And the way they shake
It's enough to kill a snake
When the snake is dead
They put roses in their head

viva la france... < yes

I'm in an unusual building...I think it would be fair to say it's an eccentric palace

not that one.

Unlike Château d'Ussé, it would not be accurate, or common, to call where I am a château. Btw, I was at Château d'Ussé when I took a very enjoyable trip through the Loire Valley with my ex-wife who I loved at the time...now I just like her < that's not a clue, I'm just saying

I'm about 590 km southeast from Château d'Ussé.

nope

Go another 500km south, in fact just south of Lyon

nope. You're still too far N.W. by almost 500km. Go SE, I'm just south of Lyon.

I can see you must be having a relaxing, enjoyable trip toward me and in no hurry to get here since you're still ~500km too far NW. But take your time and enjoy the scenery and trip, eventually you'll get to me since I'm just south of Lyon

You found me, Tul. You're up, sir.

Ferdinand Cheval (1836 – 19 August, 1924), was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building Le Palais Idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives which is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture.

Cheval began the building in April 1879. He claimed that he had tripped on a stone and was inspired by its shape. He returned to the same spot the next day and started collecting stones.

For the next 33 years, during his daily mail route, Cheval carried stones from his delivery rounds and at home used them to build his Palais idéal, the Ideal Palace. First he carried the stones in his pockets, then a basket and eventually a wheelbarrow. He often worked at night, by the light of an oil lamp.

Cheval spent the first two decades building the outer walls. The Palace is a mix of different styles with inspirations from the Bible to Hindu mythology. Cheval bound the stones together with lime, mortar and cement.

Cheval also wanted to be buried in his palace. However, since that is illegal in France, he proceeded to spend eight more years building a mausoleum for himself in the cemetery of Hauterives. Cheval died on August 19, 1924, around a year after he had finished building it, and is buried there.

Just prior to his death, Cheval began to receive some recognition from luminaries like André Breton and Pablo Picasso. His work is commemorated in an essay by Anaïs Nin.

In 1969 André Malraux, the Minister of Culture, declared the Palace as a cultural landmark and had it officially protected. Cheval's palace is open every day except Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Cheval may have been the inspiration for the character of Denny in Chuck Palahniuk's 2001 novel Choke, who gathers a collection of stones which are eventually used, in similar fashion, to build his 'dream home'.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...s_Ideal_15.jpg
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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...Hauterives.jpg
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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...al_panoram.jpg

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;)

south of the equator?