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Butter lamp

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:01 +0100

Yak butter lamp in a monastery.

Leaving Lhasa - Prayers flags

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:36 +0100

Lhasa, Tibet, China

If the road is Chinese, the prayers flags are tibetan and remind that Tibet is deeply buddhist.

Lhasa downtown : Army's everywhere

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:50 +0100

Lhasa, Tibet, China

Lhasa looks more like a big Chinese city than a Tibetan one. Night and day policemen and Chinese soldiers are omnipresent. It's forbidden to take pictures of them but they often "appear" of picture of Lhasa downtown.

The Jokhang's Kora

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:54 +0100

Lhasa, Tibet, China

A kora is a circumambulation temple's route. Tibetan people are used to circumambulate the Jokhang's temple. There are 3 koras, the small, the medium and the large one. The small one is close to the Jokhang. The kora s marked by large stone incense burners placed. Every morning hundreds of Tibetan are walking the kora, it's a part of their pilgrimage.

On the road to the Kharola Glacier

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:55 +0100

Kharola Glacier, Tibet, China

4700 m high, driving to the Kharola Glacier. The roads and the landscapes are amazing. If the landscapes are typically Tibetan, the road, for sure are Chinese...

The Potala... no more a monastry

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:14 +0100

Lhasa, Tibet, China

The Potala Palace, located in Lhasa, was the political and religious center of Tibet. A monastery and the political headquarters for decades. Today it looks more like a Chinese Disneyland than a historical monument. Yet it still houses the tombs of many Dalai Lama.

Work in the Drepung's Monastery

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:27 +0100

Lhasa, Tibet, China

With the help of the Chinese government, work is done in the monasteries. But only in few of them. The monks are not autonomous in deciding what kind of work must be done. The work, are of course, done under the supervision of the cameras.

Yamdrok Lake

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:28 +0100

Yamdrok Lake, Tibet, China

The Yamdrok lake is located between Lhasa and Gyantse. It's one of the 3 sacred lake of Tibet. With the Chinese government the road between Lhasa and Gyangze is in good condition and enables fast connections. But the impact of industry on the lake is real.

Drepung Monastery - The hidden face

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:50 +0100

Lhasa, Tibet, China

The Drepung Monastery is close to Lhasa. It is the largest of all Tibetan monasteries and is located on the Gambo Utse mountain. Almost half of the monastery was destroyed by the Chinese in 1951. Nowadays it is open for tourism but under the eyes of the Chinese government. Both of the tourists and the monks are under the security cams.

In front of the Potala

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:00 +0100

Lhasa, Tibet

In front of the Potala, the historical residence of Dalaï lamas and monastry, stands now a park place for tourist buses like CITS or for Chinese governmental cars. The Potala has been transformed into a museum for mass tourism; just few monks are allowed inside for general maintenance. The picture of the present dalaï lama is forbidden since 1997.