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Best Tibet Overland 2007Travelling across Tibet is enlightening, here are some shots to
inspire you! You can see all of this on our 11 day overland Tibet tour. Also see Our treks for the trips we are running. LhasaThe Jokhang is the oldest, most historic and one of the most
inspiring gompas in Lhasa - indeed in Tibet.
A stylized Snow Lion or Singge, now extinct - Jamie
Walking the kora (or holy circuit) around the Jokhang - Jamie |
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Although Lhasa is busy with tourists in the warmer month, peace can still be found, even in the Jokhang - Jamie
Fueling the butter lamps in Drepung Monastery - Jamie |
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Pilgrims from far away pay homage to the present Buddha in Drepung - Jamie |
ShigatseEven though Shigatse is the second largest city in Tibet, it is still much more mellow than Lhasa, and many fewer tourists.
Cleaning teapots for the monks and lamas studying inside - Jamie
Seemingly every building in Tashi Lunpo houses an incredible stupa, memorial to a previous Panchen Lama - Jamie On the roadLeaving Lhasa there are incredible panoramas - don't sleep in the jeeps!
Those colours, so Tibetan and reminiscent of Zanskar in Northern India too - Jamie
Delivering grass - Jamie |
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And the modern horse, perhaps not as practical though - Jamie
Our first breathtaking view of Everest from the Pang La - Jamie
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