Tibet

Starting from the end of my trip, here are some pictures of Tibet. This first is from a religious dance we saw some monks performing in Sakya...

Local women watching the dancing...

Mt. Everest... (Permits and red tape make getting here annoying but once it's all done, amazing!)

Me in front of Mt. Everest...

Mt. Everest Base Camp, 5200 meters high - makes just walking tiring...

The road to Mt. Everest was scenic but an off-road rough ride...

Sakya, a town on the way to Mt. Everest...
Local Tibetan children, they LOVED to have their photo taken then look at their image in the camera. Many Tibetans have sunburned cheeks - the sun here is extremely intense...

Brooke, showing one of the many pictures she took...

The drive from Tingri to Mt. Everest, everyone was in 4-wheel drives...

Sakya monastery...

A house in Sakya...

Day 1 of the 6 day cross country drive to Mt. Everest...

Monastery in Shigatse...

Employees in Lhasa performing their morning exercises/having a morning meeting before opening the store...

Jokhang Temple in Lhasa...

Me at Yamdrok-Tso Lake...

Tris and I at Nam-Tso Lake, evidently the highest lake in the world...

The highest point of the road right before Nam-Tso Lake (5190 meters)...

Locals at the lake...

A Yak at Nam-Tso lake. Nicely decorated so you could pay to have your picture taken on it...

Anybody want any Yak meat? The good news is you know it's fresh since it was just killed and hung to sell...

Monks are everywhere in Tibet...

Potala Palace...

The streets of Lhasa...

These little bike-taxis are everywhere...