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My Shangri-la: I spent 2 weeks in the mystic Buddhist kingdom of Tibet and it is everything I expected and more.
The landscape and architecture are colorful, exotic and dazzling and the people are extremely friendly. Potala Pilgrim Prostrating pilgrim in front of the majestic and awe-inspiring Potala Palace. Lhasa · Tibet | 2007  Potala Palace Reach for the Potala, the Palace for the Dalai Lamas. Lhasa · Tibet | 2007  Festive Potala Festive flowers decorate the access road to the Potala Palace ahead of the National Day celebration. Lhasa · Tibet | 2007  Jokhang Pilgrim 30 year-old monk from Gantsezhou pays his respect at Jokhang. Lhasa · Tibet | 2007  Heavenly Jokhang Talisman guarding the rooftop of Jokhang, the most revered religious icon of Tibet where hundreds of prostrating pilgrams gathers everyday. Lhasa · Tibet | 2007  Window on the World A young monk takes a peek at the outside world from his room at Drepung, at one time the largest monastery in the world with over 10,000 monks and left unscathed during the Cultural Revolution. Lhasa · Tibet | 2007  Prayer Flags at Namtso Colorful prayer flags flutter in the wind at the 5,190 meter high Lakenla Pass on the way to Namtso Lake. Namtso · Tibet | 2007  Pilgrimage to Namtso 20 year old Yamaluobu from Lhasa spins his prayer wheel during his pilgramage at Namtso Lake. Namtso · Tibet | 2007  Heavenly Lake At 4,718 meters, the sacred Namtso Lake, the second largest saltwater lake in China, shimmers with a fabulous shade of turquoise. Namtso · Tibet | 2007  Best-preserved Monastery The impressive Tashilhunpo, seat of the Panchen Lama, has weathered the stormy Cultural Revolution unscathed. Shigatse · Tibet | 2007  Down the Cobbled Path An old monk walked down the cobble-stone path of Tashilhunpo Monastery. Shigatse · Tibet | 2007  Tutelage under Dalai Lama 20 year-old Penza (not his real name) studies his Buddhist scriptures with the forbidden picture of the 14th Dalai Lama prominently on display. Lhasa · Tibet | 2007  Chorten of 100,000 Images The stunning 35-meter Gyantse Kumbum houses exqusite Tibetan mural paintings and images over four floors. The gold dome rises crown-like over four sets of all-seeing eyes gazing out towards the cardinal points. Gyantse · Tibet | 2007  Eyes in the Sky The all-seeing eyes gaze serenely from the top of the Gyantse Kumbum. Gyantse · Tibet | 2007  Exqusite Chorten One of the many exqusitely-built chorten with delicate images in the Gyantse Kumbum. Gyantse · Tibet | 2007  Sky Burial Site A pilgrim surveys the sky burial site at the Lower Ganden Kora (pilgrimage circuit). Ganden · Tibet | 2007  Axe and Knives An axe, some knives and hata (white scarf offering to show respect) from the previous ceremony at the sky burial site. Ganden · Tibet | 2007  Circling Vulture One of the vultures circling above the sky burial site near the Ganden Monastery. Ganden · Tibet | 2007  Tibetan Girl A young Tibetan girl marveling at the Ganden Monastery while on a pilgrimage there with her parents. Ganden · Tibet | 2007  World's Highest Railway The record-shattering, yak-scaring engineering feat that pass thru plateaux and snow-capped mountains of Qinghai and Tibet. Xining to Lhasa · Tibet | 2007 |
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