Photos of Tour of Nepal and Tibet

15 September 9 October (25 days)

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Pharla Manor Gyantse

Just outside Gyantse is Pharla Manor now a Chinese museum showing how poorly Tibetans lived in the past

Small Potala Shigatse

A replica of the Potala Palace in Shigatse

Tashilunpo Monastery

The Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse

Monk Shigatse

An old monk walking the kora in the monastery

Street scene Shigatse

Billiard tables in the streets of Shigatse

Prayer flags on mountaintop

The prayers on the Tibetan flags are spread by the wind across the peak

Sagya Monastery

The Sagya Monastery

Monk Sagya

A monk in Sagya Monastery

Butter Lamps

Butter lamps illuminate the temple

Guesthouse Lhatse

The simple Tibetan guesthouse in Lhatse

Gyatso La Pass 5248 meters

At the top of Gyatso La Pass at almost 5250 meters

Roadworks

The road is temporarily closed for resurfacing

Mount Everest

First glimpse of Mount Everest

Ascent from Shegar

From Shegar we climb upwards toward the monastery

Farm workers Shegar

Harvesting grain in Shegar with horses tractor by hand and with a police car top left

Shegar Monastery

The monastery of Shegar

Fort above monastery

On the hilltop lies the completely ruined fort of Shegar

Little Boy

A little boy sitting on the sidewalk in Shegar

Clear enough

A traffic sign indicating the turnoff to Everest Basecamp

Moving Grain

Grain carrier

View of Himalayan giants

View of the mountain giants in Qomolangma National Nature Preserve on the way to Everest

Qomolangma Nature Preserve Park

The route towards Mount Everest

Lunch on the Way

Lunch by the roadside with snowcovered peaks in the background

Highest monastery

The highest monastery in Tibet

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