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November 24th 2007
Published: November 30th 2007
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Lhasa - yak butter eaten from a torn Sprite bottle, incense smouldering in brass pots, smoke suffusing the air with the smell of devotion, that thin air, hard to breathe. Girls, women, men and boys, all dressed proudly in patterned jackets, long skirts, satin coloured, some half on- half off. Babies nestled in thickly swaddled backpacks, mother's hair braided with jewellery adorning the jet blac... Read Full Entry



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Jokhang TempleJokhang Temple
Jokhang Temple

From the outside - many people were praying towards the gates by lying flat on their bellies and sliding their outstretched palms along the flagstones.
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Tibet

A bridge over the Lhasa River
MonksMonks
Monks

'avin a larf
Jokhang TempleJokhang Temple
Jokhang Temple

Roof detail. Thick Thatch was the order of the day throughout Tibetan Lhasa.
YakyakyakYakyakyak
Yakyakyak

Alan prepares to add to the list of animals he's eaten
Are you going to eat that?Are you going to eat that?
Are you going to eat that?

These Local ladies took a great interest in us eating our dinner for some reason. It was funny at first, but after five minutes we started to get a bit freaked out!
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Strange magic place

Is it a place of strange magic, or a magic place that is also strange? Strangely, we never found out.
PilgrimsPilgrims
Pilgrims

There was an amazing variety of colours and styles on show every day
Big golden yaksBig golden yaks
Big golden yaks

Tasteful statues on a roundabout complete with sleeping layabout.
LhasaLhasa
Lhasa

Market action
Rock breakersRock breakers
Rock breakers

We weren't sure if these folk were prisoners or temple devotees.
Scruffy sheepScruffy sheep
Scruffy sheep

Eating scruffy scrub by the shores of Yamdrok lake
In the mountainsIn the mountains
In the mountains

View from a pass



30th November 2007

A discrepence....
"Now, anyone who knows me, probably knows my love of animals that are small and rhyme with 'mat' doesn't exist, pho-bi-a might be a understatement." Hmmmmm you don't like the 'cats' anymore???
30th November 2007

touché
....thanks for the sub-edit.... ahem. for the record, i do like cats. just don't like animals that rhyme with mat and have a r as their first letter...xx

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