Tag Archives: Tibet

Southern Tibet


Yamdrok Lake


Tibetan Plateau


Typical Homes in Rural Tibet


Why do clouds look so much cooler at high altitude?


I liked the scenery on the Nyalam to Zhangmu section of the Friendship Highway


Still my favorite section(even though a flipped road construction turned our drive into some hiking..FYI: No one was hurt)


Zhangmu: A one lane city crossing up and down the mountains(The last Chinese city on the Friendship Highway)


Friendship Bridge@ the China-Nepal Border

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Mount Everest

All pictures taken at about 17,000 feet.


Sunset over Everest


Looking away from the Roof of the World


Mt.Everest the next morning (@ the furthest place tourists can go on the Chinese side)

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Lhasa


Potala Palace @ Sunset


Last day with the Beard (After 2.5 weeks without shaving, I found the beard a little too annoying)


View from Draka Yerpa


Debating Monks at Sera Monastery


View of Barkhor Square from Jakhong Temple

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