China, Tibet, Hong Kong and Macau Trip
Lhasa, Tibet
October 3 - 6, 2006
Flying to Tibet
The Himalayas
Lhasa airport
Along the road into Lhasa
Lhasa, population 480,000
Golden Yaks
Potala Palace
Lunch in our hotel
Main street
Potala Palace
City life
Jokhang Temple, 1,300 years old
The faithful
Incense burners
Prayer wheel
Sara Monastery, 1419, home to 7,000 monks at one point
Gypsum used as white paint
Yak dung used for heating
Women carrying hay
Visiting a middle class home
Drying noodles
Bhudda in the home
Solar water heater
Visiting an orphanage with 83 children in 14 rooms
Visiting Potala Palce, former home of the Dali Lama
Leaving Lhasa and Tibet
