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Asia - Tibet - China/Tibet Postcard 4 - Evasive Everest
Mark Morin
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Asia - Tibet - China/Tibet Postcard 4 - Evasive Everest
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Namtso Lake The highest, and one of the most beautiful lakes in the world |
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Namtso Residents |
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Prayers Etched in Rock |
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Namtso Lake |
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Namtso Lake |
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Sheep Herder at Namtso Lake |
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Music for Melon A local young man plays traditional guitar hoping to be rewarded with watermelon - he was. |
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Watermelon Bliss The watermelon that we brought to Namtso from Lhasa proved to be a huge hit with locals |
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Sunset over Namtso Lake |
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Nomad's Tent These dark brown tents dot the highest terrain in the world where nomads herd Yak, sheep and goats |
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Young Nomad We met this boy and his mother having a picnic on a high mountain pass above 5000m. |
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Stove fueled by yak dung To prepared our meal on this stove, the cook first stoke it with a large poo paddy. |
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Prayer Flags Tibetans believe that the prayers written on these flags are carried of to the sky by the winds |
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Cliffside Road Look for the horizontal line on the upper right. This is typical of roads in rural Tibet |
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Village of Pushers handy when your 4x4 gets stuck in the mud. |
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Hard Life in Himalayas Some of the small villages in rural Tibet are extremely poor, trying to etch out a living from poor alpine soil. Begging is part of Tibetan culture and the Tibetans themselves are generous to each other. I often gave out snacks instead of money. |
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A Full Load |
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Everest Awakens and Peaks Out at dawn from Rongphu Monastery |
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Everest Base Camp (North Face) |
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Everest Looms out of the Clouds Honest, you had to be there! |
