 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 |