Tibet

Journey with the Swedish-Tibetan Society for School and Culture,

July 1993, 14 participants.

 

1. Lhasa 1993

2. Lhasa - Jokhang

3. from Drepung

4. Lhasa river

5. Lhasa river II

6. Yerpa - the ruined monastery with cemetery and charity mantra on the hills

7. Yerpa II

8. Tibetan travelling

9. Potala

10. Lhasa from Potala

11. Lhasa from Potala II

12. Lhasa from Potala III

13. Potala II

14. Potala III

15. Sera - the monastery garden

16. landscape

17. Shigatse - with the ruined lesser Potala

18. Shigatse - Tashilumpo

19. Shigatse - Tashilumpo II

20. Shigatse - Tashilumpo III

21. Lama Lodru - Allan Fotheringham

22. Sakya

23. Sakya II

24. countryside

25. Gyangtse

26. Gyangtse II

27. Gyangtse - Kumbum

28. from Gyangtse Dzong

29. the Yak

30. landscape II

31. the Glacier

32. Yamdrok Tso

33. Yamdrok Tso II

34. Tsurpu valley - with procession

35. Tsurpu valley - with procession II

36. Nam Tso

37. Nam Tso II

38. Nam Tso III

39. from Ganden

40. Ganden

41. Ganden II

42. from Ganden II

43. the Lhasa valley from Ganden

 

the Kailash expedition 1997

Journey with "Study and Travel" for the Saka Deva festival at Kailash,

May 1997, 10 participants.

1. across Mount Everest….

2. into Tibet…

3. into Tibet… II

4. further into Tibet…

5. Shigatse from above…

6. landed

7. on the roof of Jokhang Temple

8. Potala IV

9. Potala V

10. Debate at Sera

11. Lhasa II

12. Lhasa III

13. Lhasa IV

14. Lhasa V

15. inside Jokhang

16. out of Jokhang

17. Barkhor

18. Barkhor II

19. Drepung

20. Drepung II

21. Drepung III

22. Jokhang II

23. Lhasa river III

24. the Swedish school at Katsel

25. the Swedish school at Katsel II

26. the Lhasa river plain

27. Katsel

28. Katsel II

29. the Jokhang Cathedral with square from Mentsikhang

30. Potala VI

31. Potala VII

32. deforestation

33. countryside II

34. Yamdrok Tso III

35. leaving Lhasa valley

36. first high pass - Holger and Madeleine

37. first high pass - Charles

38. Yamdrok Tso IV

39. landscape - descending

40. landscape - descending II

41. landscape - descending III

42. Gyangtse III

43. Gyangtse IV

44. Gyangtse - Kumbum II

45. Gyangtse - Kumbum III

46. Gyangtse - Kumbum IV

47. Gyangtse - Kumbum - from Gyangtse Dzong

48. Shigatse II

49. Shigatse III

50. Shigatse IV

51. Tibetans

52. Sakya III

53. Sakya IV

54. on the road

55. heading north

56. Dawa with cook

57. problems

58. on the road II

59. heading north II

60. in the middle of nowhere

61. more Tibetan lakes

62. more Tibetan lakes II

63. northbound

64. more Tibetan lakes III

65. nomads

66. nomads II

67. more Tibetan lakes IV

68. another pass - Holger and Trygve

69. another camp

70. yaks

71. camp and yaks

72. nomads with Frieda

73. another pass II

74. dreadful mountains

75. Transhimalaya

76. salt lake with sheep

77. by the sources of the Indus

78. by the sources of the Indus II

79. by the sources of the Indus III

80. going down the Indus

81. Mordor landscape

82. gateway to the Great Himalayas

83. another pass - Trygve and Frieda

84. the Great Himalayas

85. Sven and Trygve

86. the cooks at ease

87. Nanda Devi far away from the north

88. first sight of Mount Kailash

89. Kailash with horses

90. camp at Darchen with Gurla Mandatha

91. camp at Darchen with Gurla Mandatha II

92. Kailash with yaks and horses

93. Kailash

94. goodbye to Gurla Mandatha

95. from the cemetery

96. the cemetery

97. the ceremony begins

98. by the camp

99. the camp

100. the camp II

101. the ceremony

102. the ceremony II

103. enter the lamas

104. the ceremony III

105. the ceremony IV

106. the ceremony V

107. the ceremony VI

108. another monastery

109. audience at the ceremony

110. the ceremony VII

111. the ceremony VIII

112. the ceremony IX

113. the ceremony fulfilled

114. the parikrama begins

115. on the way

116. tea on the way

117. tea stall

118. the yaks procession

119. under the mountain

120. coming up

121. constantly up

122. all on the same way

123. the north face

124. the north face with yaks

125. the north face early in the morning with -12 centigrades

126. proceeding

127. the parikrama continues

128. the parikrama continues II

129. Dolma La, the highest pass, at 5636 meters

130. Dolma La II

131. Dolma La III

132. Dolma La IV

133. Dolma La V

134. starting on the way down

135. on the way down

136. going back down

137. surprise! - with Manfred

138. the monastery by the lake Manasarovar

139. Lake Manasarovar

140. Lake Manasarovar II

141. Lake Manasarovar III

142. from above the lake, Kailash in the distance

143. the canal to Rakkas Tal

144. in the cold

145. in the cold II

146. going east

147. going east II

148. going east III

149. crossing the Tsang Po (Brahmaputra)

150. yet another ruined monastery

151. turning off south

152. yet another Tibetan lake

153. that lake

154. Tengri

155. Tengri II

156. going off into the mountains

157. going off into the mountains II

158. first sight of Mount Everest

159. the valley of ruins (Tengri district)

160. Rombuk

161. Mount Everest

162. Mount Everest II

163. Mount Everest - with road to Padma Sambhava's cave

164. Mount Everest - Trygve at it

165. Mount Everest - as close as we could get

166. Rombuk II - at 4999 meters

167. Mount Everest - with yaks coming down from the mountain

168. Mount Everest - with hut

169. Tibetan madonna

170. farewell to the mountains

171. farewell to the mountains - Shishabangma

172. where Milarepa lived

173. where Milarepa lived II

174. going down to Nepal

175. the border