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This is just one of the many paths pilgrims would take on their journey up to the white palace to pay their respects. The golden objects on the right side of the pictures are their prayer wheels as someone would journey to the palace they will spin the wheels and say a prair. No one in the picture is spinning them so I can only assume it's not required.]]> photo Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:34:51 -0500 http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1657.JPG.html http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1657.JPG.html
I believe this is part of the White Palace in Lhasa.]]> photo Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:34:51 -0500 http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1636.JPG.html http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1636.JPG.html
More monks during their session. I like his shoes.]]> photo Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:34:51 -0500 http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1630.JPG.html http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1630.JPG.html
A group of tibetan monks. I was not sure what was going on here, but from what I understand the monks were questioning each other. Each time they asked a question right as they posed the final part of the question they would lunge forward and clap their hands. It was a very chaotic scene with at least 200 monks. Very magical to watch, I could of stayed here for hours but we were quickly urged to move on.]]> photo Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:34:48 -0500 http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1616_2.jpg.html http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1616_2.jpg.html
Another picture of the White Palace in lhasa tibet this is only a half picture. Yes it was really that white.]]> photo Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:24:26 -0500 http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1611.JPG.html http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1611.JPG.html
Potala Palace, Lhasa. The White Palace The main residence of the Dali Lama and the site of resent protest in Lhasa. The climb to the top of the palace may not look that trying but the fact is it's over 10,000 feet above sea level, and at this point I would get winded climbing only a few stairs. Sleep did not come easy and I would wake up in the middle of the nights gasping for air, like I was suffocating. We made it to the top and got a grand tour around the whole place it was a hard journey for me up to the top but it was well worth it.]]> photo Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:24:25 -0500 http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1570.JPG.html http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1570.JPG.html
Just one of the many of the Dali Lama's temples around the Lhasa area.]]> photo Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:17:24 -0500 http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1555.JPG.html http://charlescfenwick.com/gallery/v/tibet/IMG_1555.JPG.html
Tibetan women we met. She was in her mid 80's and worked everyday in the fields tending her plants and had been doing so since she she was 10. She was very nice, she offered us some food and some of her home made beer like drink. She showed us around her house which was a mostly open brick structure with one main enclosed room. The house had no running water comforts consisted of a straw floor and bed, a wood stove, and a single light bulb in the ceiling, that when turned on still barely light the small room. The house itself was shared between her and her livestock. It was also from her that I learned about he traditional Tibetan greeting of sticking out your tongue pretty much as far as you can when you want to welcome someone.]]> photo Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:17:21 -0500