Ready to hit the road! 47:28 on a freakin train!
Bathroom area
Hallway
Livin' it up in style in first class. I'm on top.
All signs are in 3 languages, The 2 obvious plus Tibetan.
Gate in Xi'an (about 12 hours into the ride)
Roadside ad
Check out the moon on top...Islam
Bridges
Mosque - Chinese style
Pretty yellow flowers
Worker Bees
In Xi Ning, about 32 hours into the ride
Our train attendant.
Lots of tubes!
Oooh snow and our first sight of wildlife.
Frozen river
One of the girls in our compartment and my uncle
Yaks!
Ohh
Snow scape
Ooooh
Prayer flags
Chinese Shanty town
Through crack in train window (1)
Through crack in train window (2)
Through crack in train window (3)
Through crack in train window (4)
In Na Qu, our first stop inside of Tibet
Friends on the train
Approaching Lhasa
Through crack in train window (5)
Oooh Oohh, do you see the Potala Palace?
Yaks yaks everywhere
Check out the road we climbed...4990m above sea level! Light headed!
Pretty lake. I forgot the name.
In Shigetse
Old monk being carried to the top
Colorful construction at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse
Wall mural
Monks hanging out
Novice hats
Love this!
Not too bad!
Tashilhunpo Monastery
Potala Palace
Traditional Tibetan kitchen ware
Cute
Stunner
Trying to turn the prayer wheel
Cultural performance (barf)
Eating some lamb (lots of lamb)
Outside Jokhang Temple
The devout
Inside Jokhang Temple
View of Potala Palace from Jokhang Temple
The scene outside of the temple. Bowing pilgrims
I'm obsessed with windows and doors.
I love that little guy!
Vendor selling "ha da"
Selling monk gear
Jokhang Temple
Potala Palace!
Climbing!
Up and up!
Cool hanging drum
Ran into the girls from the train at Nam-tso Lake
The preferred mode of transport in Tibet
5190m above sea level
More sheep. Baaah
Wall of Norbulingka, summer residence of Dalai Lama
Rabbit inside the Norbulingka
