 Chinese license plate from Xizang - the Tibet Automomous Region (Western Treasure House) |
 My pitiful first meal in Tibet at a bar on Beijing Zhonglu near the Lhasa Hotel |
 Lhasa Hotel, the former Holiday Inn |
 Lhasa Hotel, the former Holiday Inn |
 Lhasa Hotel (former Holiday Inn) Tibet |
 Gate to Norbulingka, the Summer Palace of the Dalai Lamas |
 Gate to Norbulingka, the Summer Palace of the Dalai Lamas |
 Visa Section of the Consulate of Nepal, Norbulingka Chang Lam, Lhasa |
 Walking around the area behind the hotel before the guide arrived |
 Lhasa's new town, Beijing Zhonglu |
 Lhoka Hu Bei Hotel, Lhasa |
 Looking west of Beijing Zhonglu, new town Lhasa |
 Lhasa's new town, Beijing Zhonglu |
 Vacuum packed Yak Meat good for 6 months |
 Bookshop on Beijing Zhonglu west of the Lhasa Hotel |
 China Construction Bank, Beijing Zhonglu, Lhasa (new town) |
 West Beijing Road, Lhasa |
 CWTS Tibet Holyland Adventure, Lhasa |
 Lhasa's new town, Beijing Zhonglu |
 Beijing Zhonglu nearest to Lhasa Hotel |
 Beijing Donglu between the Potola and Barkhor |
 Shop with traditional clothing, Beijing Donglu |
 Shop with traditional clothing, Beijing Donglu |
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 Tibet Steak House, Lhasa |
 Western-style meal at the Tibet Steak House, Lhasa |
 Travel agency displaying domestic plane ticket prices |
 Chinese soldiers in riot gear on a street corner in a new part of Lhasa |
 Tibet Potola Carpet Co - with view of Drepung Monastery |
 Tibet Potola Carpet Co, Lhasa |
 Tibetan handmade carpet showroom about 5km west of town |
 Boys at the carpet showroom near Nechung Monastery |
 Tibetan women weaving carpets, near Nechung Monastery |
 Weaver showing me the design of the carpet |
 Carpet weavers are both men and women |
 The seemed genuinely happy to see me |
 Carpet factory (N29.6643/E91.0579) |
 The guide didn't mention that you can go upstairs at the carpet place for a view of Drepung Monastery |
 Drepung Monastery was closed during my Oct 2008 visit so the monks could be "re-educated" |
 Golden yak monument , Beijing Zhonglu just west of the Potola |
 The guide was annoyed with me that I wanted to stop... |
 Yak Yoghurt Shop next to the tourist bus parking area west of Potola Palace |
 Tricycle transit, Beijing Donglu |
 Beijing Donglu |
 I must admit, I was a bit surprised to see American Budweiser all over Tibet! |
 Budweiser in Tibet |
 I stuck with the local Lhasa Beer |
 Old area north of Beijing Donglu |
 Gyüme Tantric University, Lhasa |
 Gyüme Tantric University, Lhasa |
 One afternoon I took off on my own the the LP guide and found many places "not on the itinerary" |
 Large prayer wheel, Gyüme Tantric University |
 Gyüme Tantric University, founded in the mid-15th Century |
 Phakyepo, Heavenly King of the South (blue) |
 Chenmizang, Heavenly King of the West (red) |
 Other murals, Gyüme |
 Other murals, Gyüme |
 500 monks once studies at Gyüme |
 ...now Gyüme is carefully watched |
 Love Tibet Fate Restaurants -1653 (year Great 5th Dalai Lama met Emperor Shunzhi near Beijing) |
 Meru Sarpa Monatery, Lhasa |
 Meru Sarpa Monatery, Lhasa |
 Meru Sarpa Monatery, Lhasa |
 Meru Sarpa Monatery, Lhasa |
 Cat with prayer wheels, Meru Sarpa |
 Meru Sarpa Monatery, Lhasa |
 Unrestored wall mural, Meru Sarpa Monatery, Lhasa |
 Playboy shop, Yuthok Lam street, Lhasa |
 Lhasa Beer, Tibet |
 Lhasa Beer, Tibet |
 How many boxes can you carry on 1 scooter? |
 Boy in school uniform, Lhasa |
 New monument in eastern Lhasa |
 Soviet-style communist monument, eastern Lhasa |
 Prayer flags on a hill near Lhasa |