Gyantse - Town

Entering Gyantse along the Southern Friendship Highway from Simi Pass	Shophouses along Shanghai Avenue in Gyantse's new town	Our home for the night, the Gyantse Hotel	There was still penty of daylight left so I ditched the guide and went off to check out Gyantse on my own
Side entrance to Gyantse Hotel	"Main Street" Gyantse - Yingxiong Nanlu	"Main Street" Gyantse - Yingxiong Nanlu	Gyantse Dzong, the impressive hilltop fortress
Haier shop, Yingxiong Nanlu, Gyantse	Yingxiong Nanlu, Gyantse's main commercial street	Shops overflowing with goods, Gyantse	The middle of Gyantse
Weiguo Lu, Gyantse with the "Family Guest House"	The main intersection in the middle of Gyantse	Monument to the People's Heroes, Gyantse	First view of part of Pelkor Chöde Monastery on the distant hill
Tibetan old town of Gyantse along Pelkor Road	Tibetan old town, Pelkor Road, Gyantse	Old Town Gyantse	Gyantse Dzong rising above the old town
Horse-drawn cart, Pelkor Road, old town Gyantse	Pelkor Road looking southeast towards the fortress, Gyantse Dzong	Gyantse Dzong above old town	Tibetan old town, Gyantse
Carpet weaver on break, Gyantse	Gyantse Dzong, the fortress, looming over Pelkor Street, old town	Typical Tibetan house, old town Gyantse	A dusty side street leading deeper into old town Gyantse from Pelkor Road
A cat resting in the sun behind a rock, Gyantse	Circling to the west of Pelkor Chöde Monastery	Tibetan child with rosy cheeks	Dispite being right next to the famous Pelkor Chöde, I feel that I'm off the tourist trail
Circling around the west side of Pelkor Chöde Monastery	Village shrine with a large prayer wheel	Trees changing color along the lane at the base of the western wall of Pelkor Chöde Monastery	Old Town Gyantse to the northwest of Pelkor Chöde Monastery
The walls neatly lined with drying dung paddies	Dung paddies drying on a wall	Dried manure is used for fuel in the Himalaya	Looking back to the south with and the western wall of Pelkor Chöde
Canal channeling water to the fields north of town, Gyantse	Irrigation canals on the north side of Gyantse	The grain harvest waiting to be collected	Tibetan farmers in the fields to the north of Pelkor Chöde Monastery
I believe it's barley	Bringing in the autumn harvest, Gyantse	Using a tractor to thresh the grain	Dog on patrol, Gyantse
Looking north at Rabse Nunnery with autumn foliage	Tibetan doorway, Gyantse	Orange-white cat in Gyantse	Tibetan old town east of Pelkor Chöde Monastery, Gyantse
Tibetan old town with the mountains northeast of Gyantse	Looking east across the Tibetan old town to the east of Pelkor Chöde Monastery	Village shrine on the ridge between Pelkor Chöde Monastery and Gyantse Dzong	On the ridge behind old town
Exploring the back alleys of old town Gyantse	Greeting from a Tibetan girl in old town	Gyantse's Tibetan old town is split by a narrow ridge	A young girl waves from her rooftop perch
Tibetan old town with Gyantse Dzong	Tibetan old town with Gyantse Dzong	Tibetan old town with Gyantse Dzong	Ruins of a tower in old town Gyantse
Old town Gyantse	Looking north to Pelkor Chöde Monastery from the path connecting the two halves of Old Town	Looking north to Pelkor Chöde Monastery from the path connecting the two halves of Old Town	Small house high on the ridge below Gyantse Dzong
House along the path connecting the eastern and western halves of old town Gyantse	The eastern half of old town Gyantse from the ridge saddle path	Tibetan old town with autumn colors, Gyantse	Riche Ganden Retreat on a mountainside north of Gyantse
View northeast from the base of Gyantse Dzong road	A fully loaded horse in old town Gyantse	Traditional style house along Yingxiong Beilu	Yingxiong Beilu headed back to the center of Gyantse
It's later afternoon and I need to get back to meet the guide and driver for dinner	Tractor driving through Gyantse	New house in old style, Yingxiong Beilu, Gyantse	Gyantse pupils walking home from school
Back at the main intersection in the middle of Gyantse	Tourist restaurant Gyantse Kitchen	Colorful dining hall of the Gyantse Hotel at breakfast	Costumes of the Tibetan Opera on display at the Gyantse Hotel
View over old town Gyantse from the ridge at the southeast corner of Pelkor Chöde Monastery	Old Town Gyantse from the ridge between the monastery and the fortress	Old town Gyantse with Pelkor Chöde Monastery	View towards the monastery from the ridge
Solar cooker on the roof of a house in old town Gyantse	Pelkor Chöde Monastery and the roofs of old town from the ridge to the south	Pelkor Chöde Monastery and the roofs of old town from the ridge to the south	Western half of the Tibetan old town from the ridge splitting Gyantse in half
The guide called this the "village god"	Shrine covered with prayer flags on the ridge bisecting old town Gyantse	Village shrine, Gyantse	Good view of Pelkor Chöde Monastery from the village shrine on the ridge
Flat roofs of old town from the village shrine on the ridge, Gyantse	Old Town Gyantse and Pelkor Chöde Monastery from the ridge	Old town and monastery, Gyantse	Old Town Gyantse next to Pelkor Chöde Monastery
Cows in a courtyard of a house in old town Gyantse	Overall I found Gyantse's old town in very good condition	Old Town Gyantse	Lane through old town Gyantse between the ridge and Pelkor Road
Cows at home, old town Gyantse	Old Town Gyantse	Old Town Gyantse headed to Pelkor Chöde Monastery	Lane through old town Gyantse between the ridge and Pelkor Road
Old Town Gyantse	Lhasa Beer - Beer on the Top of the World	Shanghai West Road, Gyantse	Park at the base of Gyantse Dzong
Monument to the People's Heroes, Gyantse