Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Gyantse - Shigatse - Sakya

Gyantse - A small but beautiful countryside town



Standing on the large stupa of the main monastery.



Children are never shy here.


Wandering along the local alleyways.


Is that really (*sniff*) what it smells like it is?


Then on to Shigatse - former capital of Tibet
The main monastery boasts 600 current monks.




Prayer flags waving in the outlying terrain.



Finally Sakya - another important spiritual center of Tibet.




Children caring for children - a ten year old has his 4-month brother strapped to his back on a chilly day.


A peek over the roof at a local house.


The typical local restaurant - your choice of raw yak meat jam, yak meat dumplings, or noodles, with or without yak meat.

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