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Jeff at Mt. Everest

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Three views from the temple roof. Very colorful city.






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    • ▼  October (82)
      • Bangkok and Home
      • Kathmandu
      • A truck has overturned on the highway from the bor...
      • To create peer pressure to leverage the truck driv...
      • 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...
      • Three views from the temple roof. Very colorful c...
      • Jim Whittaker's wife Dianne Roberts is the officia...
      • The interior of the Jokhang Temple is ornate and c...
      • This is a fairly common sight in and around the mo...
      • From the roof of the temple, the mountains can b...
      • Leaving the Jokhang Temple, the traditional nature...
      • Finally! Pictures
      • From my eye, to yours . . .
      • The beauty of the Great Wall and its structures i...
      • Even in the pouring rain, the Great Wall and its ...
      • Yours truly, soaked, at the Great Wall of China.
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      • 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 . . .
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      • Prayer time is all day, every day.
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      • Monks and Yaks
      • Off to Tibet
      • Day in Beijing
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