Lhasa, Tibet - Bob and Joyce in China

Tibet
Lhasa, Tibet, China
September 27, 2005

An advantage of traveling with a small group is the opportunity to visit more unique and intimate settings. OAT tends to take adventurers to the big name-brand places and to families and houses so that we can see how others on our planet actually live. On this day we drove a short distance from the center of Lhasa to the home of a family. Four generations live in the house - grandmother, her daughter, granddaughter, and grand-granddaughter. We had some tea and beer and snacks and talked (through our local guide).

Probably Yak meat at a street stand near the hotel,

Meat is cut fresh to order with an axe right before your eyes. These chunks of meat were partially frozen

Modern taxi

Affordable rickshaw taxi

Ever present lamas or monks

Fresh produce

The family visit

Our local guide explains the food

Some fresh Yak
butter tea

Dates, barley wheat, pastry, beans, nuts, popcorn, and more

A ceremonial religious object

Furniture and a stereo

A Prayer Wheel. The hanging object is swung horizontally in a constant motion. We saw many of these in the hands of pilgrims on the streets and in the temples