Lhasa - Barkhor

Mentsikhang Lam leading from Beijing Donglu to Barkhor Square	Flowers on Barkhor Square	Jokhang Square Control Office, Lhasa	Barkhor Square
Chinese soldiers, Jokhang Square	Pilgrim, Barkhor Square	Tibetan pilgrim prostrating in front of the Jokhang, Barkhor Square	Mentsikhang Lam leading from Beijing Donglu to Barkhor Square
Tibet Tourism Bureau Service Center, Mentsikhang Lam, Lhasa	Boy "4"	Barkhor Circuit around the Jokhang Temple is lined with tourist shops	Barkhor Circuit - always go clockwise around the Jokhang
Ornate lamp and painted windows, Barkhor Circuit	Tourist shop - Tibetan Mysterious Treasures	Shoping in Barkhor	I must say I found the shopping in Kathmandu to be better - except for yak skulls
Barkhor Circuit	Shehnai - musical instrument for good luck	Tourist shop, Barkhor Circuit	Tibetan trinkets, Barkhor
Barkhor Circuit, Lhasa	Tibetan carpet shop, Lhasa	Barkhor Circuit, north side of the Jokhang	Smiling Tibetan pilgrim on the Barkhor Circuit spinning a prayer wheel
Pilgrim wearing padded clothing to ease the prostrations	Barkhor Circuit, Lhasa	Barkhor Circuit, Lhasa	Tibetan man spinning a prayer wheel
Holy Place Thangka Art Center - Tibetan paintings	Tourist trinkets - Made in China	Barkhor Circuit	Barkhor Circuit
Shehnai	Barkhor Circuit	Oven for offerings	Monk on the streets of Lhasa
Barkhor Circuit, Lhasa	Shop on the Barkhor Circuit displaying a large Thangka	Barkhor Circuit, Lhasa	Barkhor Circuit
Shrine just south of the Jokhang on the Barkhor Circuit	Street vendors selling cloth	Coarse red wool cloth for sale, Barkhor	Man showing me the rough cloth for sale
Well fed monk inspecting prayer flags	Tibetan tents for sale, Barkhor Circuit	Folded up Tibetan tent	Small butter lamps
Tibetan kata scarves used as gifts to travelers and guests	A pair of monks, Barkhor	Bicycle rickshaw, Barkhor	Painted skull with matching jaws
Woven wall hanging depicting the Jokhang	Woven wall hanging with Potola Palace	Yak head	Masks of the Wrathful Deities of Buddhism
Credit cards accepted	Armed Chinese soldiers are a common sight in Lhasa	Woman spinning a prayer wheel	Thangtong Gyelpo, founder of Tibetan opera
Craftsman working on a mounted sculpture	Festive clothing	Yak butter	Yak butter
Man creating decorative hangings	Machine rolling flat noodles, Barkhor	Shop selling painted religious statues, Barkhor	Photos of the 10th Panchen Lama, who died in 1989
Framed photos for sale in Barkhor of various religious themes	Inexpensive thangka paintings	Barkhor District, away from the touristy area	Barkhor
Ani Tsang Kung nunnery, Lhasa	Entrance to Ani Tsang Kung nunnery, Lhasa	Ani Sangkhung Nunnery, Lhasa	Ani Sangkhung Nunnery, Lhasa
Ani Sangkhung Nunnery, Lhasa	Ani Sangkhung Nunnery, Lhasa	Ani Sangkhung Nunnery, Lhasa	Figures over the door to the main chapel, Ani Sangkhung Nunnery
Mahakala - The Great Black One	Yak butter lamps, Ani Sangkhung Nunnery	Yak butter lamp, Ani Sangkhung Nunnery	The Great Fifth Dalai Lama with a photo of the new 11th Panchen Lama
Three headed Buddha statue, Ani Sangkhung Nunnery	Large thangka hanging in the center of the nunnery's main assemby hall	Yama, the God of Death (differentiated from Yamantaka by the wheel-shaped breast ornament	Prayer wheel, Ani Sangkhung Nunnery
Tsamkhung Nunnery shop, Lhasa	Thangka, Ani Sankhung Nunnery shop	The nun working in the nunnery shop	Restaurant of the Ani Sankhung Nunnery
Lamu, my guide, on the right	A simple but tasty lunch at Ani Sankhung Nunnery - noodles and momos (dumplings)	Ani Sankhung Nunnery restaurant	Freshly shaved students at the next table
Backstreet Barkhor	Sidewalk pool table, Barkhor	Barkhor district, Lhasa	Typical building style in old town Lhasa
Barkhor district "highrise"	Women's clothing	Monk of the Nyingmapa (Red Hat) sect of Tibetan Buddhism	Tiger mask
Shop with monks robes of the Gelug (yellow hat) sect	Woman in traditional clothing in Barkhor	Monk shop, Barkhor	Monk shop, Barkhor
Smiling Tibetan man spinning a prayer wheel	Shop in Barkhor with Thangka paintings and statues	Young Tibetan Thangka painter	Thangka painter, Lhasa
Street stall with brooms and toilet paper	Tibetan woman spinning a large prayer wheel	Tibetan women's clothing	Young boy in fancy clothes
Vegetable market, Barkhor	Vegetable market, Barkhor	Kids in Barkhor playing a game	Kids in Barkhor playing a game
Shop with machine-made Chinese carpets	Back on the Barkhor Circuit	Barkhor	Old woman turning the prayer wheels at Mani Lakhang
Mani Lakhang, a small chapel	Giant prayer wheel at Mani Lakhang, just off the Barkhor Circuit	We practically walked right by this with the guide, but she didn't bother to point it out or take me in...	Giant prayer wheel of Mani Lakhang
Jampa Lakhang - Water Blessing Temple	Row of prayer wheels, each with a mantra inscribed on it	Miwang Jampa - the Future Buddha	Miwang Jampa - the Future Buddha, Jampa Lakhang, Water Blessing Temple, Barkhor
Large butter lamp	Dipankara - Buddha of the Past	Jampa Lakhang - Water Blessing Temple	Jampa Lakhang - Water Blessing Temple
Jampa Lakhang - Water Blessing Temple	Jampa Lakhang - Water Blessing Temple	Kubera , the God of Wealth	Jampa Lakhang - Water Blessing Temple
Wall paintings of Buddhas, Jampa Lakhang	Jampa Lakhang - Water Blessing Temple	Jampa Lakhang - Water Blessing Temple	Jampa Lakhang - Water Blessing Temple
Meru Nyingba Monastery, Barkhor	Meru Nyingba Monastery, Barkhor	Meru Nyingba Monastery, Barkhor	Meru Nyingba Monastery, Barkhor - where the Tibetan alphabet was created in the 7th Century
Meru Nyingba Monastery, Barkhor	Wild Tibetan Boy	...a fighter	Lho Rigsum Lhakhang, on the street Langkhor Lho Lam south of the Jokhang, Barkhor
Lho Rigsum Lhakhang