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Studytours of the Shang Shung Institute
One important task of the Shang Shung Institute is to organise study tours to Asia. We are very pleased to announce our first tour to Bhutan, in collaboration with ANDREA-TOURS. Important note: for summer 2005 we are planning a tour to Mount Kailsah
Bhtuan Into the Land of the Thunder Dragon 17th September – 3rd October 2004
General information Price Progamme Tour-Guide Registration - Bank details
General information
The landscapes are of enchanting beauty and great diversity, there is sufficient land and rich natural resources for a small population. Facing the glowing snow peaks at the borders of Tibet long mountain ranges are covered with dense forests in 4000m and the characteristic terraced fields in the valleys descend into the jungles of the South.
This provides the backdrop to a way of life which combines deep spirituality with the challenges of the modern world.
We have arranged for visits to the great fortresses of Bhutan (Dzong) and have obtained special permission to enter the closed temples compounds. The fabulous mask dances in Gangteng Monastery and Bumthang, inspired by the visions of the great ‘Treasure-Finder’ Terton Pema Lingpa (1450-1521), are the highlights of this expedition into a magic world. The last days we spend in a Vedic Village Resort at the outskirts of Kolkata. Situated at the border of a beautiful lake, the spa specialises in Ayurvedic treatments and offers a completely different insight into the ‘City of Joy ’
This
price includes:
International
flights with Royal Jordania:
Vienna/Amman/Kolkata/Amman/Vienna including all taxes. In
case of individual arrival at Kolkata please deduct 596.- Euro from the tour prize. flights
with Drukair Kolkata/Paro/Kolkata
incl. all taxes all
tranfers entrance
fees accomodation
in hotels (3-stars and 4-stars) with full board in Bhutan, half
board in Vedic Village
and bed & breakfast in
Kolkata qualified
tour guidance Not included: visa fees for India (50.- Euro) and for Bhutan (20.- US Dollar to be paid in cash at the airport in Paro), extra options for city tour in Kolkata, Spa and Ayurvedic treatments at the Vedic Village resort, tips and personal expenses.
She has lived and studied in India (Bengal) for 10 years and during this time she has also received instructions on Buddhist philosophy from Indian and Tibetan masters. As Dr. Loseries-Leick speaks fluently Tibetan, Bengali and Hindi which facilitates an easy and close contact with local people.
Contact address for further infoamtion regadring this study-tour: ANDREA-TOURS Dr. Andrea Loseries-Leick Franckstraße 31, A-8010 Graz Tel./Fax +43 316 32 16 29, mobile: +43 676 6032 961 E-Mail: andrea.loseries@aon.at, Web: www.andreatours.at
In order to take part in this tour you have to fill out and sign the Registration-Sheet. You also have to make an immediate prepayment of 350.- Euro, the rest must be paid by 1st August 2004. Please send your registration-sheet either by post or by fax to:
Shang Shung Institute Austria Gschmaier 139, A-8265 Großsteinbach Tel.: +43 3386 83218, mobile: +43 676 3221365 Fax: +43 3386 83219 E-mail: office@ssi-austria.at
Bank details
Name of the bank: Raiffeisenbank Ilz Bankcode: 38151 Accountnumber: 30387 in the name of Shang Shung Institute BIC: RZSTAT2G151 IBAN: AT193815100000030387 When you transfer the money within the EU please use the BIC (Bank Identification Code) and the IBAN (International Bank Account Number). In that way the costs of the bank transfer are the same as a bank transfer within your country.
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The small kingdom BHUTAN
is situated in the Eastern Himalaya and known to its inhabitants (600.000) as Druk yül‚ the "Land of the Thunder Dragon".
It has preserved one of the most complex cultural identities of the world, where on the basis of Tantric Mahayana Buddhism,
the official state religion, a policy of economic self-reliance is practiced, ‘National growth of happiness’
(NGO).
