Fri, 12 Oct - Trip to Shigatse
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Little boy selling goods from a cart
First view of snow topped mountains
Yamdrok-tso lake
At Ganbala pass - 4794 metres
Mount Nojin Kangstang
Tibet prayer flags
Group photo at the lake
Himalayan Griffon Vulture
Driver and Guide
Friendship Highway
Mountain views
Resting place to keep average speed down
Rest place to keep average speed down
A new building
Already built
Granite blocks for walls
Tibetan noodle dish for lunch
Straw stacks
Rest stop to sing a song
Mending holes in road
Old Tibetan house
Yak pats drying
Wet yak pat
River and rock
Polythene growing areas
Reflections
Confluence of a tributary with the Brahmaputra River
Carrying coal
Chandelier in Shigatse Hotel
Shigatse Hotel ceiling
Tobacco
The reconstructed Shigatse Fortress
The market in old Shigatse
Sheep's wool drying at the carpet factory
Teamwork at the loom
Taking a break at the carpet factory
The Nepalese set meal