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.
I went to Tibet in 1993 when I was living in Nepal. The boarder was open for a very short time so a friend and I took a bus from Kathmandu.
ReplyDeleteWe stayed for 3 weeks and it was magic. I am excited to see all your photos, I haven't looked at mine in years. They are all slides! Can you imagine?!?!
Not digital, but still wonderful shots! As you say, everything about Tibet 'captures you'.
ReplyDeleteStill great photos, digital or not. But I know what you mean: I love my digital camera!
ReplyDeleteI also love scanning in old photos and brightening and generally cleaning them up a bit with PhotoShop Elements. For some older photos it is worth it.
Having said that, I would love to visit Tibet some time, except I am a terrible tourist. I enjoy living in a place and discovering it that way. Only one cannot live everywhere in one life time.
I need a couple of others!
Tibet is such a fascinating place. I am a huge follower of the Dalai Llama. His book, " The Power of Compassion," is my bible. I really wish we could help him in his quest,,,,SAVE TIBET!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful trip! Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteWow, great photographs. Its like peaking back in time.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. You're so lucky to have seen Tibet then. Talking about waiting to see if the pictures turned out;
ReplyDeleteSix weeks of pictures from a trip to Asia were unfocused and unprintable when I got them devleoped.
those are great pics.... you got lucky. i remember sometimes getting the photos back and nothing had worked at all or only a few good shots. its SO much better now.
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~laura
I enjoyed seeing your photos immensely. What a wonderful trip that must have been!
ReplyDeleteHow blessed to have experienced Tibet then, thank you for sharing Asysegul
ReplyDeleteOh I really want to go there some day!!!
ReplyDeleteMy, my what a gorgeous trip! It's on my plans list to visit. Hugs.
ReplyDeletelove the tibetian door! awesome
ReplyDeleteHow Fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteThis is somewhere I'd really love to visit.. I feel so sad for the plight of Tibet but am also thankful that the Dalai Llama is known to us all perhaps because of it.. You know all the travel photos I post are also from film camera.. hence requiring a bit of editing now and then.. Yours are wonderful!!! thanks for sharing them.. xxx Julie
Wow, this is so fascinating. These photos are great.
ReplyDeleteAmazing photos!
ReplyDeleteYou should get those slides and find a way to upload them, Abigail. They should provide an interesting comparison to the more recent photos here. Seems like you guys had a lot of fun in Tibet, so more pics would be cool!
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