FUNNY MONDAY: MENUS, MONKS, AND BIRTHDAY CAKE

Thank you, China, for making this week's "Funny Monday" the easiest one yet. 

Menu items. In case you were wondering, 66 is meant to read, "Lhasa beer," we think.

We were looking for the "deer with feces" to go with the "bowel," but sadly it wasn't available. 

"Yes, I'll have one door, please."

"Purchase now, cuz!" Maybe this was written by the "Gangsta Monk" we met in Laos.

Harry Birtday to you! This is definitely a cake wreck.

PHOTO FRIDAY: TIBET'S POTALA PALACE

Sunrise at the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, on a cold October morning. It was a fun way to spend our 4th wedding anniversary, as well as our celebration of six months on the road (more on that later). 

The Palace served as winter home of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century. However, fleeing from Chinese invasion in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama escaped to India, where he is living in exile today.

While the building remains a potent symbol of Tibetan Buddhism, the Potala now serves as more of a tourist attraction than religious center.