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compound’s ruins and restored buildings that house permanent is a serious tone, “You’re standing on them.” Then she smiled and
exhibitions documenting the monks’ remarkably austere lives. walked on.
It was a bit creepy to visit areas where each monk lived in silence A highlight of the tour was a visit to the exotic Viva Sana herb
in solitary stone dwellings, mostly just mounds of grass now. shop where the proprietor dressed in the official monk’s garb
In the middle was a roofless and crumbling small chapel where served of shots of nasty tasting stuff that’s supposed to be good
ceremonies preceded burials in a nearby graveyard. When I for you. Its other herbal potions for sale carried on the traditions
asked my guide where exactly the monks were interred, she said of the monks who operated a pharmacy here in the 16th century.
Above: The proprietor dressed in the of-
ficial monk’s garb served of shots of nasty
tasting stuff that’s supposed to be good
for you. .
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