Sat, 13 Oct - Tashilunpo Monastery & Return to Lhasa

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The Shigatse Hotel
The Shigatse Hotel
A statue of a backpacking cyclist
A statue of a backpacking cyclist
Tashilunpo Monastery
Tashilunpo Monastery
A long line of prayer wheels
A long line of prayer wheels
Prayer wheels
Prayer wheels
An old lock
An old lock
Shigatse from the monastery
Shigatse from the monastery
The driver at the first checkpoint out of Shigatse
The driver at the first checkpoint out of Shigatse
Kilometrestone
Kilometrestone
An interesting structure by the river
An interesting structure by the river
Leather boatmen
Leather boatmen
A hoopoe watching the traffic
A hoopoe watching the traffic
A gorge on the Brahmaputra River
A gorge on the Brahmaputra River
Time wasting in the gorge
Time wasting in the gorge
Countryside public toilet
Countryside public toilet
Dried meat at the lunchtime cafe
Dried meat at the lunchtime cafe
Lunchtime
Lunchtime
Snow clad peaks
Snow clad peaks
An opportunity to pose
An opportunity to pose
A Tibetan wayside house
A Tibetan wayside house
Some freshly picked turnips
Some freshly picked turnips
Part of the incense factory
Part of the incense factory
Drying yak pats
Drying yak pats
Granny welcomes us
Granny welcomes us
The dining room
The dining room
Inside the prayer room
Inside the prayer room
Granny's view
Granny's view
The Buddhist order of respect
The Buddhist order of respect
Drying out the incense blocks
Drying out the incense blocks
The barley beer is sampled
The barley beer is sampled
Boiling water spills out
Boiling water spills out
The water in the solar powered kettle has boiled
The water in the solar powered kettle has boiled
A wood on the way home where we wasted time
A wood on the way home where we wasted time
Off to work
Off to work
The mountain painted Buddha
The mountain painted Buddha
One of the photographer's cranes
One of the photographer's cranes
The cranes guard the lake
The cranes guard the lake
I wear a mask to stop Bill viewing my pretty face
I wear a mask to stop Bill viewing my pretty face
The meal at the show
The meal at the show
Ganbei at show in Lhasa
Ganbei at show in Lhasa
An actor drinks a toast to us
An actor drinks a toast to us
The finale
The finale