Garden of Dreams, Kathmandu
Tibet: Day 15 - Everest
14 October 2007
We camp outside Ronbuk monastry, in heavy fog. A sleepless night: yak bump into the tents at all hours, and the temperature falls below the range of the thermometer. I wake about 3am, put on every item of clothing I can find, and it's still too cold to sleep.
Next morning, the fog clears, and in the clear bright light of day, the peak of Mount Everest looks close enough to reach out and touch.
Tibet: Day 12 - Lhasa
Lhasa: Beijing Road
Some of the old Tibetan style buildings that are left, prayer flags on every rooftop. Monks in maroon robes are a common sight.
Yothuk Road, Lhasa.
As close as I can get to Barkhor Square to paint, without being surrounded by tourists.
Tibet: Day 11 - Lhasa
08 October 2007
Urban sketching in Tibet.
Lhasa from the roof of the hotel, looking west along Beijing Road. In the distance, the Potala Palace dominates the city.
Tibet: Day 10 - Lake Namtso
07 October 2007
Camping at Damshung
Yak carrying hay over the river; mess tents; where we’re sleeping tonight (my tent is fourth from the left); and the latrine tents
Namtso (Heavenly Lake)
Highest saltwater lake in the world (15,479 feet). Sacred to Tibetan Buddhists, its shores are covered in prayer flags and chorten.
Prayer flags at Namtso
Blue symbolises space; white is water; red is the colour of fire. Green represents air and wind, and yellow is earth.
Tibet: Day 8 - Tsurphu
Tsurphu monastery, hidden in a long valley, like Shangri-La in “Lost Horizon”
Prayer flags near Tsurphu
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