The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
Lhasa
Barkhor Square & Jokhang Monastery
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| Barkhor Square: View to Jokhang
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| Barkor Square: Jokhang entrance
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| Pilgrims approaching Jokhang
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| Jokhang interior
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| Jokhang Altar
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| Jokhang interior
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| Jokhang interior
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Barkhor Circuit
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| Barkhor Circuit
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| Barkor Circuit. With modern intrusions
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| A wall of prayer wheels
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| Barkor Circuit
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Potala Palace
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| View to Potala Palace
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| Potala Palace
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| Graham at Potala Palace
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| Approaching the Potala Palace
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| Unexpected Buddhist swastika
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| Potala interior courtyard
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Around Lhasa
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| Muslim District
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| Caterpillar Fungus traders
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| Coffee & Cake break at "Italgelato"
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| "Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet"
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| "Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet"
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| The Golden Yaks
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| Curious unidentified Temple
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Lhasa-Shegar
Lhasa to Gyantse
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| The mighty Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River
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| Holy Lake Yamdrok
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| Photo-Op Yak
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| Holy Lake Yamdrok
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| Karo la glacier
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Scotsman + Baby Yak
The baby yak definitely did not trust me.
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| Karo la glacier + Shrine
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| Gyantse Castle (rebuild)
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Gyantse: Pelkor Chode Monastery
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| Pelkor Chode Monastery
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| Pelkor Chode Monastery
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| Pelkor Chode Monastery
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| Pelkor Chode Monastery
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| Pelkor Chode Monastery
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| Pelkor Chode Monastery: Kumbun stupa
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Shigatse: Tashilhunpo Monastery
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| Tashilhunpo Monastery
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| Tashilhunpo Monastery
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| Tashilhunpo Monastery: Dawa expounds
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| Tashilhunpo Monastery
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| Tashilhunpo Monastery
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Shigatse to Shegar
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| Gyatso La pass
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| Gyatso La pass: Sadly only a dull view
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Graham at Gyatso La pass
The sign says 5248m, my GPS said 5195m (17044ft)
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| Himalayas view, 10 mile NE of Shegar
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Everest
Everest from the Pang La Pass
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| View at Pang La Pass (5159m, 16927ft)
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| His Highness Everest from Pang La Pass
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| Graham at Pang La Pass
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| Helpful official decoder chart
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Everest from Rongbuk Monastery
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| Approaching His Highness
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| Everest from Rongbuk
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| Graham at Everest (1)
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| Graham at Everest (2)
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| Nominally at 5200m. GPS says 4965m = 16289ft
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| Everest tip, as the clouds come in
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Tingri-Darchen
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| View at Tingri
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| View at Tingri
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| Tibetan Wild Donkey
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| Tibetan Wild Donkeys
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| Viw to Mt Shishapangma aka Xixibangma (8027m)
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| Distant Mountains
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| Lake Pelku
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| View to Mt Shishapangma
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| Distant mountains
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| Thugyu-la pass (4920m)
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| Distant giants
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| Distant cloud covered giant
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| Mayum-la Pass. Nominally 5211m, GPS 5150m
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Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar
Mt Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, Day 1
I took a few snaps as we drove in, which turned out to be a good idea, as the weather worsened.
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| Gurla Mandata from Lake Manasarovar
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| Mt Kailash
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| Mt Kailash
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Mt Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, Day 2
Day 2 started rainy and overcast.
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| Lake Manasarovar, with rain
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| Lake Manasarovar
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| Devil's Lake
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| The Holy Mountain was slow to show itself...
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| The clouds slowly came and went and returned and ...
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| But finally after a long wait, I got a clean shot!
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| Abd later the Sun reflected off the snow
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Zanda: Guge Kingdom
Darchen to Zanda
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| One of the many yak we saw
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| Antelope
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| Antelope
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| Distant Mountains
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| Wild Donkeys
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| Wild Donkeys
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| "Zhada Earthern Forest"
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| "Zhada Earthern Forest"
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| "Zhada Earthern Forest"
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Guge Kingdom: Tsaparang
Tsaparang was the capital of the Guge Kingdom, from around the 9th to 17th c AD
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| Tsaparang: A Fortress Rock
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| It was a lot of steps up.
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| Chapel (but no photos allowed inside)
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| A view down
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| View to the top, from mid-way up
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Zanda to Ali: Over High Passes
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| Distant Snowcaps
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| A distant giant. (“Nanda Deebee” ???)
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Laochi la Pass (5360m, 17584ft) The highest point of my trip.
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| View from Laochi la pass
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| Lalaung la Pass (5288m, 17349ft)
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| View from Lalaung la Pass
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Ali, Gar County, Ngari Prefecture
50 miles West of Ali was the limit of my trip. The authorities aren't currently issuing permits for the road from Ali to Kargilik
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| Scenic crag, about 20 miles NW of Ali
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Petroglyphs, about 50 miles NNW of Ali.
My furthest point West from Lhasa
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| "Wild" horses
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East China
