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Lhasa, Tibet
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Itinerary
Beijing and Xi'an — Forbidden City,
Great Wall and the Terra Cotta Warriors
Lhasa, Tibet
Prayer Flags and Prayer Wheels
The Story of Yak Dung
Outside Lhasa
Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest)
Kathmandu
Morning view from the train from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet From the train—Chinese truck on Chinese-built highway Street scene in Lhasa. The Chinese military are everywhere. More Chinese military, or are they police? Tibetan pilgrims walking the Barkhor kora (pilgrimage circuit, always walked clockwise) A Tibetan woman in Barkhor Square Pilgrims prostrating themselves before the Jokhang, the most revered religious structure in Tibet A Tibetan woman prostrating herself amidst Tibetans walking the kora An elderly woman prostrating herself on the Barkhor kora The same woman, upright, accepting alms A prayer pole in Barkhor Square Tibetan farmers and nomads lined up to enter the Jokhang. They have come to Lhasa for the Saga Dawa festival. Yak butter burning in the Jokhang Buddhist monks debating in Sera Monastery, near Lhasa The Potala, once home of the Dalai Lamas (including the current one), now merely a museum Our premier tour guide and his biggest fan in front of the Potala On the spot — a seamstress shortening a recently purchased pair of pants A merchant spinning his prayer wheel, seated in front of yak butter A young man doing what (almost) all Tibetans do very publicly
Morning view from the train from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet
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