Last November, we traveled to and fell in love with Tibet: blue skies, fresh air and wonderful people and culture. This photos wass taken on one of the moutain passes. Our guide informed us that the colorful prayer flags found throughout the area are relics of Tibet’s ancient indigenous religion, know, as “Bon,” which preceded Buddhism. The […]
Tibet
Tibetan people, religion, and politics
Photos: 1) A mountain shrine; 2) butter, carried in bags to Buddhist temples to fuel the hundreds of butter candles; 3) men spinning prayer wheels; 4) We stopped the car to accomodate a nomad and his sheep; 5) Tibetan woman; 6) Tibetan woman and child; 7) farmers; 8 ) A woman prostrates herself in fron […]
Tibet and Acute Mountain Sickness
Photos: 1) I borrow my daughter’s oxygen tank to relieve a headache the morning of day 2 in Lhasa; 2) we carried the oxygen tank on our trip into the mountains “just in case;” 3 and 4) Chinese herbal remedies many people use to relieve symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness; 5) We attracted a crowd […]