Shigatse - City

Arriving in Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet	Shigatse Hotel, good enogh, but not as nice as the Tsetang Hotel	Painting of the Tashilhunpo Monastery in the lobby of the Shigatse Hotel	Lobby Bar, Shigatse Hotel
Dining room of the Shigatse Hotel	I declared "free time" and ditched the guide at the hotel	Cushions used as furniture in traditional Tibetan homes	Fur lined Tibetan hats for sale in the main market
Stoves used in Tibetan homes for heating and cooking	Everyone was friendly as I walked around on my own	Machine-made carpets at the market, Shigatse	"Pespect" and my favorite "We Fuck the Fakeshit"
Tade laundry detergent from China	Main market, Shigatse	Small boy with a bike, Shigatse	Tibetan boy with a cute hat but dirty face
Tibetan man with a traditional headdress, Shigatse	Table selling prayer flags and Buddhist banners, Shigatse	Buddhist items for sale, Shigatse	Headed for Old Town Shigatse
Tibetan woman with a prayer wheel	Old Town Shigatse	Old Town Shigatse	Old Town Shigatse
Bangchelling, the commercial street cut through the old town of Shigatse	Solar cooker, great idea	Agricultural Bank of China, Bangchelling Street, Shigatse	Butcher market, Old Town Shigatse
Butcher market, Bangchelling Street	Butcher market, Old Town Shigatse	Tourist market, Bangchelling Street, old town Shigatse	Tibetan trinkets at the old town market along Bangchelling Street near the castle
Tourist market, old town Shigatse across from Tenzin Hotel	Prayer wheels and other Tibetan souvenirs, Banghelling Street Market, old town Shigatse	Craftsman working with metal along Bangchelling Street	Craftsman working with metal along Bangchelling Street
Blacksmith shop along Bangchelling Street, Old Town Shigatse	Old Town Shigatse	Newish shop houses along the east side of Old Town	Cases of Lhasa Beer, Shigatse
Street corner in Shigatse (N29.275/E088.877)	West end of Qingdao Zhonglu, Shigatse	Tibetan style gate to the touristy Buxing Jie leading to Tashilhunpo Monastery	Tibetan gate to pedestrianized Buxing Jie street, Shigatse
Songsten Tibetan Restaurant, Buxing Jie street, Shigatse	Gate at the southwest end of Buxing Jie street on the way to Tashilhunpo Monastery	Statues on the plaze in front of Tashilhunpo Monastery	Statue of a boy ona mountain bike with a t-shirt reading Zhongguo (China)
Monk bags at a shop on Buxing Jie street, Shigatse	Chinese military patrol though Shigatse	New Town Shigatse	Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse
Raw wool at the Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse	Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse	Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse	Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse
The spinning room where the raw wool is spun into yarn	Hand woven Tibetan carpets	Three girls working on one carpet	Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse
Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse	Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse	The clipping room where the carpet is trimmed	The final product, Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse
Showroom, Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse	That Potola Palace with the 8 auspicious symbols caught my eye	Tibet Gang-Gyen Carpet Factory, Shigatse	Degenpozhang Lam, across from the gate to the Palace of the Panchen Lamas, Shigatse
Degenpozhang Lam in southwestern Shigatse	Another pass along the pedestrianized Buxing Jie street	Gateway to Buxing Jie street, Shigatse	I decided to eat on my own in Shigatse and both nights ended up at Tashi Restaurant on Buxing Jie Street
Buxing Jie street , Shigatse	Yak Head Tibet Restaurant, Buxing Jie street , Shigatse	Mt. Everest English Language School, Buxing Jie street , Shigatse	Workshop making small Buddhist statues, Buxing Jie street , Shigatse
An unfinshed Buddha statue	Buxing Jie street , Shigatse	Autumn foliage along Buxing Jie street , Shigatse	The crecent moon in the blue sky with autumn leaves
Buxing Jie street , Shigatse	Snowland Tang Kar Painting Development Centre, Buxing Jie street , Shigatse	Buxing Jie street , Shigatse	The gate at the opposite end of Buxing Jie street , Shigatse