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Lhasa Eye-wear Fashion Show

October 8, 2010
Drepung Monastery Kitchen

These pots and stoves once fed 7000 monks and are still being used for the remaining 700.

October 7, 2010
Lhasa Impressions II

October 6, 2010
Lhasa Impressions

Even with the Potala Palace, amazing monasteries and incredible mountains in the vicinity what remains most unforgettable are the pilgrims with their wide range of outfits, weathered faces, open gazes and life stories that we can only sense but will never know.

October 6, 2010
Jokhang

Soon Da Nuo will have slapped the names and purposes of all the Buddhas into our heads just as the debating monks emphasize their questions with a clap of their hands.

October 5, 2010
Mountain Sonata

Soaring across myriads of mountains nameless to us yet leaving us with an indelible impression of how remote Lhasa once was.

October 4, 2010
Tibet On The Horizon

As the sun sets on Shangri-La we ready our bags for an early flight to Lhasa. Even if people here don’t live for a couple of centuries as in the fictional Shangri-La this town was good to us. Great family style dinners at the CrossRoad guesthouse, local peaks to climb, yak pie and Tibetan disco…

October 3, 2010
Light A Couple Of These And Your Sins Will Be Forgotten

October 2, 2010
Morning In Shangri-La (really this time)

Minds giddy with the thin air of 3200 meters we are closing in on Tibet. Already Yak carcasses are dangling from store fronts and prayer flags are everywhere.

October 2, 2010
On the Road to Shangri-La: Tiger Leaping Gorge

A towering redwood above the apple tree that is Hell’s Canyon in Oregon, Tiger Leaping Gorge soars some 3900 meters above the water of the Yangzi river. The Yulong Xue mountain, i.e. Jade Dragon Snow mountain stands watch with its 5500 meters. Enjoy the sight while it lasts as plans to dam the river will…

September 30, 2010

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