This is the stupa at the temple. Dates back to 1418. It is really remarkable.
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- A truck has overturned on the highway from the bor...
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- Finally, after four hours, we leave Andheri behind...
- What the town lacks in color, the residents supply...
- In Kathmandu, there are no traffic signals. There...
- Don't f**k with me!
- Buddhist worshippers come in all sizes, shapes and...
- We weren't the only sightseers at the temple.
- The main Buddhist temple on the hilltop in Kathman...
- Even in the middle of downtown Kathmandu bussle, t...
- The bedlam of everyday traffic in Kathmandu is awe...
- A Rough Road to Nepal
- Cascades? I don't thing so.
- The Himalayas can't be adequately described. Even...
- Dianne Roberts and Dale Bloomquist can't get enoug...
- Pamala and I pause for a moment on the road to Nep...
- The road, cut out of the side of a chasm over 2,00...
- Just on the far side of the road wash-out, we trek...
- Walking down the street of Zhangmu, I caught this ...
- Zhangmu is a border town, like Tijuana, lying on t...
- After a harrowing seven hour drive and trek, this ...
- The Road to Kathmandu
- My first glimpse of Everest with Jim Whittaker at ...
- On the way to base camp, this is a representative ...
- Jim Whittaker, Jack Kirk and yours-truly warming o...
- The New Everest Hotel at Rombuk (base camp) where ...
- In the evening when the sun sets, Mt. Everest chan...
- Looking very frozen!. This is base camp at Mt. Ev...
- Qomolangma (cho-mo-LONG-ma) "Goddess Mother of the...
- Heading to Everest
- Off to Shigatse down the Freedom Highway
- Caught a candid shot of three village inhabitants....
- Elwood pausing in front of a home in the village. ...
- Typical Tibetan village street in Gyangtse.
- Jim, Dianne and Woody up in the stupa.
- Bath-time in Buddha-ville. (God, I hope our guide...
- Standing at the base of the giant stupa at Baiju T...
- This golden stupa is inside the temple. Very dark...
- I thought this was a pretty good photo-op. These ...
- Whoops! Make that three uglies. . .
- Pamala should be paying closer attention to the ug...
- This is the stupa at the temple. Dates back to 14...
- A closer look at the temple.
- Finally, arriving at Gyangtse. That's the Baiju T...
- Nuthin' to do. Feeling mellow. I think I'll walk...
- Two new friends I met at the summit. I'm the one ...
- At the summit of the pass (16,000 feet) now. Stil...
- Back up at nearly 16,000 feet heading toward Gyang...
- Heading down the Freedom Highway (better roads tha...
- Dianne's eye is unparalleled. I'm eagerly awaiting...
- That's Jim in the background at the summit of Kamp...
- The High Tibetan Plateau
- Last Day in Lhasa Tibet
- Approaching the Jokhang Temple, you see the normal...
- A great shot of Dr. Dale
- Friends on the roof of the Temple. Me, Jim, Pama...
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- Jim Whittaker's wife Dianne Roberts is the officia...
- The interior of the Jokhang Temple is ornate and c...
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- From the roof of the temple, the mountains can b...
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- Finally! Pictures
- From my eye, to yours . . .
- The beauty of the Great Wall and its structures i...
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- Yours truly, soaked, at the Great Wall of China.
- A dime a dozen, in the Forbidden City in Beijing.
- Along side the road fifty km outside of Lhasa, Ti...
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- A row of typical shops in old Lhasa, Tibet.
- Pamala Ann trying to decide what to buy next . . .
- Michael Towers on a market street in old Lhasa
- Prayer time is all day, every day.
- Degrees of Separation
- D-Day on the Freeway
- Monks and Yaks
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