Picture from train to Lhasa

Another picture

Snow covered mountains seen from the train

Still a lot of wet earea

More than 5000m in the train

One of the worlds highest lakes

Stop on the way

We arrived at Lhasa at night

Next morning

People praying

Jokhang Temple

Another person praying

Prayer flags on top of houses

traditional people everywhere

Making prayer flags

The Famous Potale Plaza

Another view

view from Potala

People enjoying the view

Prayer wheels

Dave "praying"

Another view of the Potale

The three of us

Helen at Jokhang

Helen and I

View over the square in front of the Jokhang temple

Sleeping kid

People Praying

One the way to Namuzho lake

another view

Old bridge with prayer flags

Still in use

Prayer flags at summits

Traffic control - you cannot arrive to next post until a given time

Local people

Nice view

Getting to the late

Mountain at the Namuzho lake

People trying to beg/make money from tourists

View of lake

Helen at the  Namuzho lake

The two of us

Yaks were also there

Another view (hiking up)

Another view

View of lake

Prayer flags everywhere

Yaks everywhere

Local tent (house)

Big temple

Prayer flags everywhere

Road to another Yang Zhuo Yong lake

We never got a clear view

but it was still nice

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)

Interesting mountain

More prayer flags

Another nice temple (Tashilhunpo) in Shigatse

another picture

inside the temple

prayer wheels and monks

Stubas (graves)

Interesting hallways

Residence in the temple for the lama

Monk

Prayer pole

Local people coming to pray

View of the old restroom

Lots of prayer wheels

new and old

Selling yak butter to people prying

Prayer flags

more prayer flags

Prayer flags at summit

Nice view

People begging for mover

Dave with some of them

River towards base camp

Yaks in the river

Town?

Helen on the way to base camp

nice view

Local town

Weather getting bad

Nice view

Yaks

local people

More people

Guest house at base camp

Helen at base camp

We hikes around a little

Wild Antelopes

Crossing the street

Base camp

Helen and I

At the real base camp (5200 meter)

Helen

This is as far as you can go - 500$ fine to go further without permit

Mt Everest behind the cloud

Our care go dirty

Back on the real road again

Nice view

Getting to the Nepal border

Nice view

City (Zhangmu) on the mountain side

Helen

Road was washed away so we had to cross bridge

Dave crossing the bridge

Some cars could drive through

most people walked

Or played games while waiting for road to open again

Road collapsed

Nice view - we walked past the collapsed road

Nice view

Deep ravine

You could bungee jump here

Entering old Nepali city

Old house

Helen

The two of us

Construction

pot making

Narrow streets

Burning the dead

It takes a long time

7 hours or so

many monkeys around

Nice temple

Cows everywhere

Buddhist temple

Helen at entrance to temple

Both of us

Cleaning the roof

Selling flowers and fruit

Inside a temple

Old and new mixing in Nepal

Another temple

No grass for cows

Typical Nepali dish

We took flight to see Mt Everest

Here it is

and agian

and again

more mountains

and again

Baggage claim after flight

House construction

20 minutes from down town

Another view

and another

People are living like in midevil time

Old house

Drying peppers

Cute kid with her toy

Drying corn

water was out

long lines to get water

Local salesman

People waiting

for water

Helen and I

Another temple

In the middle of down town

Monkey Temple

Garbage collectors were on strike

view of at Monkey Mountain

Yes there were Monkeys

Lots of them

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