IMAGES OF TIBET 1994
Samye, Lhasa & A Journey Through Kham
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Fly Kathmandu to Gongkar and pick up Landcruiser with Tibetan guide and driver
Drive to Tsetang, visit Samye Gompa and Mindrolling Gompa, and drive to Lhasa
Visit Yogurt Festival and other sites in Lhasa
Visit Ganden Gompa and Drak Yerpa caves
Drive from Lhasa to Tibet border via Nakchu and Chamdo
Change to Chinese guide and driver and continue via Derge to Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
The Tsangpo river west of Tsetang / Waiting for ferry to depart
Ferry across to the northern shore
Samye Gompa - Tibet's first monastery founded in the C8th CE by King Trisong Detsen
with the assistance of Buddhist saint Padmasambhava (Tib. Guru Rinpoche) who subdued the local demons
View across to Samye from the south / Mindrolling Gompa founded in 1670 CE on a previous sacred site
The gompa roof
The gompa courtyard
Scenes around the gompa
Riverside picnic
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Index of all Spent Brothers Productions travel photograph webpages
Photographs © Derek & Sheila
Henderson 1994 2006