Arriving in Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet |
Shigatse Hotel, good enogh, but not as nice as the Tsetang Hotel |
Painting of the Tashilhunpo Monastery in the lobby of the Shigatse Hotel |
Lobby Bar, Shigatse Hotel |
Dining room of the Shigatse Hotel |
I declared "free time" and ditched the guide at the hotel |
Cushions used as furniture in traditional Tibetan homes |
Fur lined Tibetan hats for sale in the main market |
Stoves used in Tibetan homes for heating and cooking |
Everyone was friendly as I walked around on my own |
Machine-made carpets at the market, Shigatse |
"Pespect" and my favorite "We Fuck the Fakeshit" |
Tade laundry detergent from China |
Main market, Shigatse |
Small boy with a bike, Shigatse |
Tibetan boy with a cute hat but dirty face |
Tibetan man with a traditional headdress, Shigatse |
Table selling prayer flags and Buddhist banners, Shigatse |
Buddhist items for sale, Shigatse |
Headed for Old Town Shigatse |
Tibetan woman with a prayer wheel |
Old Town Shigatse |
Old Town Shigatse |
Old Town Shigatse |
Bangchelling, the commercial street cut through the old town of Shigatse |
Solar cooker, great idea |
Agricultural Bank of China, Bangchelling Street, Shigatse |
Butcher market, Old Town Shigatse |
Butcher market, Bangchelling Street |
Butcher market, Old Town Shigatse |
Tourist market, Bangchelling Street, old town Shigatse |
Tibetan trinkets at the old town market along Bangchelling Street near the castle |
Tourist market, old town Shigatse across from Tenzin Hotel |
Prayer wheels and other Tibetan souvenirs, Banghelling Street Market, old town Shigatse |
Craftsman working with metal along Bangchelling Street |
Craftsman working with metal along Bangchelling Street |
Blacksmith shop along Bangchelling Street, Old Town Shigatse |
Old Town Shigatse |
Newish shop houses along the east side of Old Town |
Cases of Lhasa Beer, Shigatse |
Street corner in Shigatse (N29.275/E088.877) |
West end of Qingdao Zhonglu, Shigatse |
Tibetan style gate to the touristy Buxing Jie leading to Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Tibetan gate to pedestrianized Buxing Jie street, Shigatse |
Songsten Tibetan Restaurant, Buxing Jie street, Shigatse |
Gate at the southwest end of Buxing Jie street on the way to Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Statues on the plaze in front of Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Statue of a boy ona mountain bike with a t-shirt reading Zhongguo (China) |
Monk bags at a shop on Buxing Jie street, Shigatse |
Chinese military patrol though Shigatse |
New Town Shigatse |
Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
Raw wool at the Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
The spinning room where the raw wool is spun into yarn |
Hand woven Tibetan carpets |
Three girls working on one carpet |
Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
The clipping room where the carpet is trimmed |
The final product, Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
Showroom, Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
That Potola Palace with the 8 auspicious symbols caught my eye |
Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse |
Degenpozhang Lam, across from the gate to the Palace of the Panchen Lamas, Shigatse |
Degenpozhang Lam in southwestern Shigatse |
Another pass along the pedestrianized Buxing Jie street |
Gateway to Buxing Jie street, Shigatse |
I decided to eat on my own in Shigatse and both nights ended up at Tashi Restaurant on Buxing Jie Street |
Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |
Yak Head Tibet Restaurant, Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |
Mt. Everest English Language School, Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |
Workshop making small Buddhist statues, Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |
An unfinshed Buddha statue |
Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |
Autumn foliage along Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |
The crecent moon in the blue sky with autumn leaves |
Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |
Snowland Tang Kar Painting Development Centre, Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |
Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |
The gate at the opposite end of Buxing Jie street , Shigatse |