- A mani pile, consisting of rocks that are engraved with Mantras like On Mani Padma hung.
- A nearly completed Mandala made of sand
- Brand new statue of Tsongkhapa in Lithang Gonpa, the founder of the Gelukpa tradition
- Tsongkhapa in Lithang Chode Gompa
- Yak cows being molken. Yak milk has 5 to 7% fat, very rich!
- An orchid found in 4200m
- Ajuga lupulina, the Pagoda Bugleweed!
- Dorje, a mobile matsutake dealer we met in Nyachuka
- Lilium bakerianum var. delavayi growing in 2800m in Nyachuka / Yajiang
- Lilium bakerianum var. delavayi.
- A box full of Himalayan Caesar, Amanita hemibapha.
- Veggies and Mushrooms for sale in Nyachuka.
- A proud matsutake dealer stuck with us on the road after another land slide blocked the road.
- Velma mixing the tsampa - roasted ground barley flower - into the salty butter tea.
- Invited for tea at Tashis home after the mushroom hunt.
- A solar collector to heat water.
- Our guide Dorje (left) and Chögyal, one of our 4 drivers
- A farm house in Nyachuka. These houses started to get painted in the late 1990 when Matsutake money enabled farmers to do so. Before that house were unpainted.
- Dorje, Angela, Tenpe Nyima, Shannon, Velma, Eloise with Prince, aka Agaricus augustus)
- Finding the amazing Laccaria amethystea is always a treat! Luckily it is not rare.