Boarding the Qinghai-Lhasa Railway |
Trackside views at 4500+ metres |
Trackside hamlets |
Looking out over Lhasa |
Yaks' arteries a la carte! |
Potala Palace, Lhasa, once the seat of successive Dalai Lamas in independent Tibet |
Potala Palace, Lhasa |
Potala Palace, Lhasa |
Former Tibetan Treasury, below the Potala |
Monks unfurling a banner, Lhasa |
Pilgrims resting below the Potala Palace, Tibet |
Niche in a wall at the foot of the Potala Palace |
Tibetan woman, Lhasa |
Woman worshipping outside the Potala |
Looking out from the roof of the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa |
Pilgrims on the Barkhor circuit, Lhasa |
Pilgrims on the Barkhor circuit |
Prayer wheels for sale in a store on the Barkhor |
Pilgrims on the Barkhor circuit, Lhasa |
Near the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa |
Worshippers prostrate themselves at the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa |
Jokhang Temple, Lhasa - Tibet's most sacred Buddhist temple |
Colourful tassels decorate a selection of Buddhist prayer wheels |
Golden roofs of the Jokhang Temple |
Golden roof ornaments of the Jokhang Temple |
From the roof of the Jokhang Temple |
Monks in the Jokhang Temple courtyard |
Monks in debate, Jokhang Temple |
Monks in debate at Sera Monastery |
Norbulingka Summer Palace park, Lhasa |
Working the prayer wheels, Lhasa |
Norbulingka Summer Palace park, Lhasa |
Norbulingka Summer Palace park, Lhasa |
Woman visiting the Norbulingka |
A woman visiting the Norbulingka shows off her hair |
Pilgrims perform kora (ritual circuit) around the Potala |
Early morning light on the Potala Palace |
Potala Palace by night |
Potala Palace by night |
Potala Palace by night |