Faces from Tibet...

On my previous post, I tried to show you places from Tibet. Now faces from Tibet. Individualization of a very colorful culture. I remember watching the pilgrims in and out of the Jokhang temple in Lhasa for hours. Look at all their turquoise jewellery. Priest, Buddhas, pilgrims. All are easily taking you to a very different era.

Places from Tibet

Recently I am writing couple posts to my Turkish travel blog about Tibet. A magical country, I had the chance to visit 10 years ago. Unfortunately my photos were belong to another era where digital cameras were not common. A time when you had to wait for your return to develop your films and as far as I remember there were always couple or more bad surprises. I cant believe how digital cameras changed our lifes and improve the quality of our travel photos.

Capital city Lhasa were under heavy Chinese invasion even at that time. Potala Palace was a big tourist mecca and the holy Jokhang temple and the famous Barkor square in front of it were already surrendered by ugly tile covered Chinese buildings. I wonder how it is right now...

However when you left the city, country's dramatic nature with its striking colors were immediately capturing you.

Later it took us days to visit the ancient monastries in the cities of Gyantse and Shigatse. Although they were hit heavily during the Chinese invasion and later the cultural revolution, those were the places you could come as close as possible to the real Tibetian spirit.

Next post will be about faces from Tibet.