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    Carl and Mats ~ the Swedish contingency of our Lhasa crew. : by lolo, Views[520]
         		 Me and Chontelle.: by lolo, Views[609]
         		 Yummy flower tea ~ with masala tea in the background.: by lolo, Views[555]
         		 Yup, I'm 7. Had to try it out ~ this is the gate to the courtyard of the Yak Hotel, where we were staying.: by lolo, Views[519]
         		 At Sera Monastary; the first monk to exit the chapel ~ soon followed by a steady stream of crimson robes.: by lolo, Views[762]
     
    Two monks, having just come out of some sort of prayer session, make their way between buildings within Sera Monastary.: by lolo, Views[483]
         		 An old woman at Sera Monastary.: by lolo, Views[553]
         		 At Sera Monastary.: by lolo, Views[647]
         		 Just starting out on the kora around Sera ~ a very typical scene. Chontelle trekking along, a woman begging for a handout, and a gorgeous blue sky with white clouds.: by lolo, Views[650]
         		 Sitting with a tibetan girl ~ I had sat down to have my photo taken with the red door, and she ran over to join me. A much better photo than I'd had in mind...!: by lolo, Views[613]
     
    Carl shows some tibetan people his guidebook ~ maybe the most they will see of tibet, outside of lhasa.: by lolo, Views[618]
         		 This huge skinny building is used at festival times to hang giant 'thankas' ~ tapestries illustrated with a buddhist theme.: by lolo, Views[666]
         		 Looking out over Sera Monastary....all whitewashed walls and red trim.: by lolo, Views[581]
         		 Just to show the scale of this massive building.: by lolo, Views[544]
         		 A sign at the internet cafe in Lhasa ~ lest you forget you are in a police state, within China.: by lolo, Views[664]
     
    Out front of the Potala Palace. Not much more explanation needed!: by lolo, Views[591]
         		 In one of the alleyways behind the Jokhang. I'm not really sure what was going on here ~ some sort of game, where you have to shoot out the balloon to win a prize, I think. I just thought that the little guy with the gun was interesting.: by lolo, Views[509]
         		 ME out front of the Potala.: by lolo, Views[543]
         		 Ah, my favourite shop ~ The Ancient Things Store!: by lolo, Views[665]
         		 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[580]
     
    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[541]
         		 Just out front of the Jokhang ~ women praying and chatting and enjoying the sunshine.: by lolo, Views[541]
         		 At Drepung Monastary ~ an old man beginning his kora.: by lolo, Views[514]
         		 Yup, definately hot.: by lolo, Views[498]
         		 Detail inside one of the chapels wihthin Drepung Monastary ~ I had to pay Y10 in order to take photos.: by lolo, Views[567]
     
    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[584]
         		 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[673]
         		 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[529]
         		 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[511]
         		 My feet, and the mosaic that is the sidewalk in Lhasa.: by lolo, Views[482]
     
    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[534]
         		 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[570]
         		 Chontelle and I, our second morning in Lhasa. We are sitting at our regular breakfast spot ~ a cafe overlooking Barkhor Square.: by lolo, Views[543]
         		 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[559]
         		 The Potala Palace ~ and Mats....: by lolo, Views[453]
     
    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[445]
         		 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[525]
         		 A pilgrim beginning the kora around Sera Monastary.: by lolo, Views[617]
         		 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[709]
         		 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[618]
     
    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[630]
         		 A dumpling maker stands proudly by her wares. All of these were hand filled and formed in a matter of minutes. : by lolo, Views[460]
         		 Katy, enjoying a bowl of noodles....the 'kitchen' just behind her. Moments before, she had rushed out into the crazy Chinese traffic to rescue a kitten...??? Odd. But you learn quickly that you really can't question anything in China. : by lolo, Views[508]
         		 M.S.G. arghh, my stomach lining! : by lolo, Views[604]
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         		 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[495]
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