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    Looking down on the street, as we left the restaurant, we saw all these amazing people hanging out, playing music ~ just enjoying the day. I still love seeing all those babies strapped to their mothers backs.: by lolo, Views[580]
         		 ME out front of the Potala.: by lolo, Views[574]
         		 The Chinese memorial to the 'liberation' of Tibet, more than 50 years ago. Conveniently located directly opposite the Potala ~ I suppose we can be grateful theres no statue of Mao ~ yet.: by lolo, Views[587]
         		 Walking the Barkhor kora ~ a place full of interesting faces and characters.: by lolo, Views[564]
         		 Devout pilgrims out front of the Jokhang, polishing the paving stones with their prostrations.: by lolo, Views[589]
     
    Ah, my favourite shop ~ The Ancient Things Store!: by lolo, Views[708]
         		 Walking the Barkhor Kora is like stepping back in time ~ pilgrims from all over Tibet are bundled up, grimy, with babies strapped to their backs ~ all spinning prayer wheels and murmuring mantras.: by lolo, Views[631]
         		 Out front of the Jokhang, there are two massive prayer poles, covered with flags. As the pilgrims make their way around the Barkhor Kora, they stop to touch foreheads to the poles ~ this woman made sure her infant was participating, too.: by lolo, Views[588]
         		 Two old men lift a vat of ~ well, either beer or yak butter ~ up onto their bicycle out front of the Jokhang.: by lolo, Views[575]
         		 Just out front of the Jokhang ~ women praying and chatting and enjoying the sunshine.: by lolo, Views[581]
     
    The scene out front of the Jokhang ~ one of the prayer poles can be seen in this shot, as well as monks and pilgrims (and tourists?) wandering around.: by lolo, Views[1706]
         		 At Drepung Monastary ~ an old man beginning his kora.: by lolo, Views[548]
         		 Yup, definately hot.: by lolo, Views[527]
         		 Detail inside one of the chapels wihthin Drepung Monastary ~ I had to pay Y10 in order to take photos.: by lolo, Views[611]
         		 In the debating courtyard at Drepung Monastary ~ the monks gather at 3pm almost every day for very noisy debates. You can hear the voices echoing through the buildings, and they punctuate their points with 2 loud, sharp claps. : by lolo, Views[618]
     
    Spinning the prayer wheels at Drepung Monastary, about 7km out of Lhasa. This was literally one of the best days I had in Tibet ~ beautiful sunny weather, a great hike, and friendly people.: by lolo, Views[529]
         		 Just checking to see how hot the solar heater really gets ~ this is how they boil water up at the monastaries, and in the homes throughout the Tibetan quarter of Lhasa.: by lolo, Views[704]
         		 At Nechung Monastary, once the seat of the Oracle of Tibet. The Dalai Lama would consult the oracle on all important issues of state. He would go into a trance in order to give his advice...really spooky, according to eyewitnesses. The Oracle fled to Dharamsala with the Dalai Lama ~ leaving behind such strange things as this door painted up with flayed human skins.: by lolo, Views[600]
         		 Leaving Nechung Monastary, the woman on the left was giggling madly ~ definately something wrong with her ~ and the one on the right was begging for money. We ended up giving her 1 mao, which she seemed happy with. (10 mao = 1 yuan, 6.7 yuan = 1 dollar): by lolo, Views[546]
         		 The woman who sold me my little prayer wheel ~ the stall is one of the zillions lining the barkhor kora around the jokhang.: by lolo, Views[488]
     
    My feet, and the mosaic that is the sidewalk in Lhasa.: by lolo, Views[517]
         		 Me with my new prayer wheel, in the dorm room at the Yak Hotel. It was like a big slumber party every night, with Mats, Carl, Chontelle, and I all in the same room.: by lolo, Views[558]
         		 Walking back to the Yak Hotel, I noticed this young boy crying as his mother tried to comfort him. She saw me watching, and pointed me out to him ~ he stopped wailing immediately and just STARED, tears frozen on his cheeks. Its funny how much of a stir a white face still causes, despite the masses of tourists that must descend upon Lhasa each year.: by lolo, Views[668]
         		 Chontelle and I, our second morning in Lhasa. We are sitting at our regular breakfast spot ~ a cafe overlooking Barkhor Square.: by lolo, Views[576]
         		 Some monks along the pathway to the Potala Palace...i really love that they are beside the speed sign, and though you maybe can't tell ~ a couple of them are on their cell phones, too....!!: by lolo, Views[587]
     
    The Potala Palace ~ and Mats....: by lolo, Views[483]
         		 A monk sitting beneath a tree as we exited the Potala was kind enough to grant us permission to take pix.: by lolo, Views[479]
         		 Walking the kora surrounding the Potala, I was struck by how SHORT some of the women were, as compared to Mats, Carl, and even Chontelle and myself.: by lolo, Views[478]
         		 This woman and her baby were lying by the side of the path leading up to the Potala Palace ~just begging for cash and food.: by lolo, Views[584]
         		 Spinning a prayer wheel, shielded from germs by the mask ~ a man makes his way around the Potala kora.: by lolo, Views[458]
     
    Prayer flags fluttering in the wind, high above Drepung Monastary.: by lolo, Views[458]
         		 A pilgrim beginning the kora around Sera Monastary.: by lolo, Views[651]
         		 A young monk posing for photos at an altar along the Drepung kora circuit. I think its funny that he posed with the peace sign ~ young girls all over China have their pictures taken this way, but its the last thing I expected a Tibetan monk to do!: by lolo, Views[757]
         		 This young monk led us around the kora at Drepung Monastary, taking the time to show us where we were meant to pray (touching our foreheads to holy rocks, and the like....) as well as posing for pictures for us. : by lolo, Views[605]
         		 An old man begins the kora at Drepung Monastary ~ I was gasping for breath on some of the steep cliffs (blaming it on the altitude, ahah) but he was doing just fine.: by lolo, Views[655]
     
    Our Lhasa crew ~ Carl, Mats, me, and Chontelle ~ on our very last morning in the Yak Hotel lobby. They headed off in the land cruiser to the border of Nepal and Everest Base Camp, and I headed off to the airport to fly back to Chengdu.: by lolo, Views[679]
         		 Me and the little wee red panda again!: by lolo, Views[547]
         		 Me with a little wee red panda! They made me wear plastic gloves and I got to feed him apples to keep him happy. So cute!: by lolo, Views[561]
         		 While in Chengdu, Katy and I took in a Sichuan opera performance, which was incredible. Lots of flowy ribbons and masks and VERY dramatic.: by lolo, Views[716]
         		 More Sichuan opera. : by lolo, Views[483]
     
    These so cute red pandas were a little overshadowed by the regular guys, who everyone comes to see...but they are really adorable. And stretchy!: by lolo, Views[528]
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         		 On the streets of Chengdu, some serious flirtation was the order of the day between these two. So funny to watch.: by lolo, Views[448]
     
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