Hills around Shigatse

View of Shigatse's new town from the top of Old Town near Shigatse Dzong	View of the area of Shigatse north of the castle	Looking south over Old Town, towards New Town, with the stairs to Shigatse Dzong	Semi-industrialized district north of Shigatse Dzong
View south from the hills west of Shigatse Dzong	Led by a local boy, I'm climbing up one of the mountains west of Shigatse Dzong where there are good views	Shigatse Dzong seen from the trail to the west	Climbing west of the castle, Shigatse
Shigatse is the second largest city in Tibet with a population of 80,000	A faint rainbow across the valley	Shigatse Dzong as we climb higher towards a saddle marked with prayer flags	District north of Shigatse Dzong
District north of Shigatse Dzong	District north of Shigatse Dzong	Prayer flags marking the saddle in the hills west of Shigatse Dzong	The next valley to the northwest
My helpful local guide from Old Town	The view is great from here	View from the saddle at N29.279/E088.868	We continued over the mountain into the next valley
If we had more time, from here it is possible to climb over the mountain and end up behind Tashilhunpo Monastery	...though the route to Tashilhunpo is steep	Local guide	Hiking along the faint trail in the hills behind Shigatse
It's getting late and I don't want my official guide to get nervous	Hiking in the hills above Shigatse	Headed back to town past a pile of rocks	Shigatse
It's a worthwhile walk - not too strenuous	Hiking back to town	The small mosque of Shigatse	New Town meets Old Town, Shigatse
Shigatse Dzong and city on a very nice afternoon	I enjoyed the first days hike in the hills so the next day after the official tour was over I went back to the hills	This time, I hiked from Tashilhunpo Monastery to Shigatse Dzong	Shigatse Dzong from the southwest
The Mosque of Shigatse (N29.272/E088.876)	The hike along the hill between Tashilhunpo Monastery and Old Town	Old Town Shigatse from above	A commercial street cut through Old Town Shigatse
Qingdao Lu, a broad east-west avenue in New Town	Shigatse	New Town Shigatse	Road cut through Old Town Shigatse
Road cut through Old Town Shigatse	Road cut through Old Town Shigatse	Produce spread out on a roof in old town Shigatse	Park to the east of Tashilhunpo Monastery
The park has a fake Himalayan peak with yak statues	Fake Himalayan peak with yak statues, Shigatse	Shigatse	Shigatse Dzong rising over Old Town
The hillside trail from Tashilhunpo to Old Town and the castle	The hillside trail from Tashilhunpo to Old Town and the castle