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Picture from train to Lhasa |
Another picture |
Snow covered mountains seen from the train |
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Still a lot of wet earea |
More than 5000m in the train |
One of the worlds highest lakes |
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Stop on the way |
We arrived at Lhasa at night |
Next morning |
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People praying |
Jokhang Temple |
Another person praying |
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Prayer flags on top of houses |
traditional people everywhere |
Making prayer flags |
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The Famous Potale Plaza |
Another view |
view from Potala |
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People enjoying the view |
Prayer wheels |
Dave "praying" |
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Another view of the Potale |
The three of us |
Helen at Jokhang |
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Helen and I |
View over the square in front of the Jokhang temple |
Sleeping kid |
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People Praying |
One the way to Namuzho lake |
another view |
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Old bridge with prayer flags |
Still in use |
Prayer flags at summits |
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Traffic control - you cannot arrive to next post until a given time |
Local people |
Nice view |
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Getting to the late |
Mountain at the Namuzho lake |
People trying to beg/make money from tourists |
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View of lake |
Helen at the Namuzho lake |
The two of us |
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Yaks were also there |
Another view (hiking up) |
Another view |
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View of lake |
Prayer flags everywhere |
Yaks everywhere |
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Local tent (house) |
Big temple |
Prayer flags everywhere |
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Road to another Yang Zhuo Yong lake |
We never got a clear view |
but it was still nice |
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Lots of clouds on the way back |
People cycling across Tibet - They started in Europe and had also been in Australia |
Making incent along the river (water powered) |
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Interesting mountain |
More prayer flags |
Another nice temple (Tashilhunpo) in Shigatse |
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another picture |
inside the temple |
prayer wheels and monks |
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Stubas (graves) |
Interesting hallways |
Residence in the temple for the lama |
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Monk |
Prayer pole |
Local people coming to pray |
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View of the old restroom |
Lots of prayer wheels |
new and old |
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Selling yak butter to people prying |
Prayer flags |
more prayer flags |
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Prayer flags at summit |
Nice view |
People begging for mover |
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Dave with some of them |
River towards base camp |
Yaks in the river |
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Town? |
Helen on the way to base camp |
nice view |
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Local town |
Weather getting bad |
Nice view |
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Yaks |
local people |
More people |
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Guest house at base camp |
Helen at base camp |
We hikes around a little |
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Wild Antelopes |
Crossing the street |
Base camp |
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Helen and I |
At the real base camp (5200 meter) |
Helen |
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This is as far as you can go - 500$ fine to go further without permit |
Mt Everest behind the cloud |
Our care go dirty |
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Back on the real road again |
Nice view |
Getting to the Nepal border |
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Nice view |
City (Zhangmu) on the mountain side |
Helen |
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Road was washed away so we had to cross bridge |
Dave crossing the bridge |
Some cars could drive through |
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most people walked |
Or played games while waiting for road to open again |
Road collapsed |
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Nice view - we walked past the collapsed road |
Nice view |
Deep ravine |
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You could bungee jump here |
Entering old Nepali city |
Old house |
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Helen |
The two of us |
Construction |
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pot making |
Narrow streets |
Burning the dead |
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It takes a long time |
7 hours or so |
many monkeys around |
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Nice temple |
Cows everywhere |
Buddhist temple |
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Helen at entrance to temple |
Both of us |
Cleaning the roof |
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Selling flowers and fruit |
Inside a temple |
Old and new mixing in Nepal |
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Another temple |
No grass for cows |
Typical Nepali dish |
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We took flight to see Mt Everest |
Here it is |
and agian |
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and again |
more mountains |
and again |
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Baggage claim after flight |
House construction |
20 minutes from down town |
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Another view |
and another |
People are living like in midevil time |
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Old house |
Drying peppers |
Cute kid with her toy |
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Drying corn |
water was out |
long lines to get water |
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Local salesman |
People waiting |
for water |
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Helen and I |
Another temple |
In the middle of down town |
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Monkey Temple |
Garbage collectors were on strike |
view of at Monkey Mountain |
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Yes there were Monkeys |
Lots of them |
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