Stupa and living quarters at the entrance to Drepung Monastery. |
Vendors on the left, worshipper in the back, performers on the right with burning incense in the front. |
Old prayer wheels. |
Water powered prayer wheel. |
Big murals on the surrounding rocks. |
Lots of prayer wheels here. |
Old living quarters. |
One of the many chapels in the monastery. |
Intricate decorations inside one of the chapels. |
Once a portrait of Mao, audaciously placed within the monastery, now has clearly been angrily scratched off the wall. |
Tibetan cowboy hat hanging outside a kitchen. |
A monk hauling a propane tank up the stairs. |
An old monk in front of one of the chapels. |
A protector on the side of the entrance into an inner chapel. |
Four tall images of Bodhisattvas. |
Tibetan books of various Buddhist texts. |
The other protecter in this particular little chapel. |
Monks hanging out. |
Big slab of Yak outside monk living quarters. |
A pair of kids in the monastery who actually let me take their picture. |
Free range sheep in the monastery. |
Another view of Potala. |
These lined the road, celebrating the 40 year anniversary of the establishment of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. |
Aldri and Alissa jumping REALLY high! |
Me showing my support for the Browns. |