The small, but rapidly growing village of SAKYA, China , set in the midst of an attractive plain, straddles the small Trum River and is highly significant as the centre of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. The main reason to visit is to see the remaining monastery, a unique Mongol-style construction dramatically visible from miles away. The village around is now a burgeoning Chinese community, full of ugly concrete, and has been corrupted by tourism; children everywhere will try to sell you quartz or fossils, or sometimes just rocks, and food is very expensive.