Pilgrims burning incense, here shukpa, juniper bows at Trakaniri in Lithang.
Nomad woman with typical 108 hair braids.
A nomad family we met in Trakaniri.
Alexanders Rhubarb flowers are protected from wind, weather and radiation, all intense in high altitude.
Rheum alexandrae Alexanders Rhubarb, also an important medicinal in Tibetan Medicine and TCM
Pombu or Dekyi Gompa just north of Sumdo (4200m / 14,000ft).
Prayer mills line the Korwa circuit, the walk around the monastery.
A ten foot prayer mill
Pombu or Dekyi Gompa, a Kagyupa monastery founded in 1169 by the First Karmapa Dusum Chenpa
We had our picnick lunch next to bags of juniper boughs that will be used as filling for the statue.
The local community helps erecting the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni.
The local community helps erecting the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni.
The Garuda (Tibetan: Khyung), biding down on a snake, will be mounted behind the head of the Buddha statue.
Pombu or Dekyi Gompa, a Kagyupa monastery founded in 1169 by the First Karmapa Dusum Chenpa
Lilium lophophorum, a small Lily around 15 to 30cm tall
Aletris nana
Lilium lophophorum
Stellera chaemajasme, a perennial Daphne relative.
An orchid, maybe an Orchis
An Amanita close to A. pantherina near Dabpa, Chinese Daocheng.