Shigatse - well named!

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Shigatse - well named!

 Asia » China » Tibet » Zhigatse By Steviec
October 27th 2006
Stephen Carroll Before arriving at our first overnight stay my stomach started to feel a bit iffy and by the time we got to our 4 person bedroom I was running to the gents down the hall. What followed was 12 hours with fever, chills, headache and every ten minutes running down to the mens cubicles until I had used the toilet paper in all 3 and had to delve into our own private luxury supply. It was one of the worst doses I had ever been afflicted with and I can only put it down to the very delicious, but very rare Edmund Hilary yak steak that I had enjoyed the previous evening in Lhasa.
Thankfully, next day I had recovered enough by the afternoon to chance a visit to the Tashilumpo monastery opposite our hotel. Again it was empty, but had some spectacular gold roffing and shrines. What was more interesting was that they were repainting parts of it and the painters literally threw the whitewash at the walls - messy job.

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Photos

Monk in the clear?
Any painters about? This is just washed.

Tibetan painter
One of the boys in action

Young painter
And one after a days work

Old monk
Hurry uncle the painters are coming!

Me and my tractor
More flexible than a Massey Ferguson!