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Roofs of the Jokhang, Lhasa Lhasa, Tibet sits on the roof of the world, 12,000 feet above sea...
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Pilgrim circling the Jokhang, Lhasa Hundreds of Buddhist pilgrims clutching prayer wheels still circle the...
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Prayers, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fled to India in 1959....
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Resting Monk, Jokhang A Tibetan monk at rest near the Jokhang Temple. He sits beneath prayer flags...
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Spiritual expression, Jokhang Temple Ancient murals draw Buddhist worshippers to the walls of Lhasa's Jokhang...
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Potala Palace, from the Jokhang rooftop The thousand room Potala dominates Lhasa -- home of Tibet's religious and...
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Spinning prayer wheels, Jokhang The streets adjacent to the Jokhang Temple are lined with prayer...
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Pilgrims Progress, Jokhang Temple Tibetan women observe an endless line of Buddhist pilgrims encircling the...
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Fabrics, Jokhang Bazaar The streets surrounding Lhasa's Jokhang Temple are lined with...
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Religious odds and ends Locals, as well as tourists, shop for religious objects in the stalls...
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Tibetan child, Lhasa A young girl, framed in the doorway of her Lhasa home, was delighted...
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Goat in a butcher shop, Lhasa One can only ponder the ultimate fate of this goat, captured here...
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Monk quarters, Jokhang Temple Photos are not allowed inside of the Jokhang Temple. But I was able to...
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Decision time, Lhasa This rack of cigarettes, mounted just outside of the door of a Lhasa...
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Security Guard and friend, Lhasa This Lhasa security guard noticed my camera, and through a series of gestures...
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Yak Chops, Lhasa There are 12 million Yaks in China, particularly in high, cold, mountainous...
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Sisters, Lhasa Although these young sisters did not not speak English, they took much...
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Equal Opportunity in Lhasa Younger women often do heavy construction work in Lhasa -- a city which is...
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Tibetan gentleman, Lhasa Tall straw hat, wispy goatee, long shirt, a seat on the steps of a...
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White glove dining, Lhasa I found this incongruous relationship of clothing, shadows, and...
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Mountains from the Potala roof The foothills of the Himalaya surround Lhasa, and can best be viewed from the...
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Potala Door, Lasha The ancient doors of the Potala are decorated with brilliantly colored tassels.
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Golden Tower, Potala roof Tibet is one of the most remote and thus poorest provinces in...
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Potala Courtyard, Lahsa Halfway down from the roof of the Potala is a broad plaza offering rest and...
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Potala Square, Lhasa Chinese administrators have leveled many blocks of ancient homes and shops...
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Street sweepers, Potala Plaza Except for a few passing tourists, the vast plaza facing Lhasa's Potala...
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Gate, Summer Palace, Lhasa The Norbulingka, the summer palace of the Dalai Lamas since the 1750s, is...
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Brass bowls, Summer Palace, Lhasa Someone had washed the Norbulinka's collection of brass bowls the...
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Old door, Summer Palace Most of the palaces in the Norbulingka were closed, undergoing...
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Dalai Lama's prayer scarves, Norbulingka Only one of the Norbulinka's buildings were open when I visited --...
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Carpet looms, Lhasa Lhasa is a city of small industries, such as this carpet making...
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Stone breaker, Lhasa Breaking stone is not a easy task, and here in Lhasa its a woman's job.
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Role model, Lhasa Watching his mother pack up a bag of meat, this butcher's son is already...
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Student, Special Needs School, Lhasa We visited the only boarding school for children with special needs in all of...
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Schoolyard game, Lhasa Students jump strings instead of rope at the Lhasa boarding school for...
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Tibetan woman at home During the three and a half weeks I spent in China, I was given a chance to...
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Shrine, Tibetan home In the bedroom of the home of the woman we visited in Lhasa, I noticed...
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Yak skull, Lhasa The Tibetan home we visited in Lhasa had the skull of Yak settled into the...
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