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On March 15 to 25, 2002 Tony hiked
the trail from GanDan to SamYe
to prepare for June Hiking Tour
Tony at Potala Palace
...at Barkhor Street
...with Director of Beijing Office of Tibet Tourism
Banquet hosted by Minister of Tibet Tourism
...at GanDan Monastery
...setting up yaks to hike
...began our hiking tour
...passing nomad camps
...paying a visit to a nomad family
...enterring a nomad family camp
...inside a nomad family camp
...inside my tent with down feather mattress
...our own campsite
...next morning getting ready to hike
...approaching snowy mountain top
...crossing glacier
...our future campsite at the side this lake
...climbing up snowy cap mountains
...almost 6000 meters above sea-level
...typical nomad family camp
...environmental friendly, bringing along natural gas tank
...Please note the Solar Panel hanging on the tent
...children from nomad family
...Tony and nomad family
...Inside nomad camp, radio music powered by solar panel
...next morning setting up to go
...cleaning our campsite
...hiking downhill following a river
...more vegetation at lower level
...already spring season at lower level
...our group enterring the first village
...with residents of this first village
...kept on hiking towards Yamalung
...camping near Yamalung
...arriving SamYe Monastery
...SamYe Monastery with history of 1200 years
...front door of SamYe Monastery
...climbing up the hill near SamYe Monastery
...view of SamYe Monastery from hill top
...inside SamYe Monastery
...typical ferry to cross river in old days
Potala Palace in sunride
Today young lamas learn foreign language in Lama Institute
Lamas prayed daily in Monastery
Openly they often debate Buddhism
Holiday in Lhasa
Jokhang Monastery
Jokhang Monastery is always busy
Buddha Statue, in Jokhang Monastery today, brought into Tibet by Princess WenCheng of Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618 - 907)
SamYe Monastery
Mural in SamYe Monastery
Gandan Monastery
SamYe Monastery
Usage of Solar Power in Tibet
Usage of under ground heat in Tibet
