In the morning we briefly visited Terdom Monastery, then drove back to Lhasa through the beautiful mountain scenery. Once there, we first used up the shower’s entire supply of hot water.
Back to Barkhor Square
Then it was off to the familiar Barkhor Square and afterwards to our by now customary tradition: yak steak, yessss!
In Terdom Monastery monks sit with their backs turned, in front of a round mirror.In front of gilded figures in Terdom Monastery sits a monk in a red robe.The hand of a statue in Terdom Monastery holds a small ornate implement.Folded hands and turquoise jewellery on a statue in Terdom Monastery.Two statues side by side in Terdom Monastery, in black and white.On the road through the mountains a smoking tractor, a chörten at the side.In front of the bare mountainside a white chörten, prayer flags in a circle around it.In a narrow lane in Lhasa a man in a cloak, in black and white.Beside a railing on the Barkhor a person crouches on the step, in black and white.Three people sit on a step on the Barkhor, one with a stick, in black and white.Metal jugs on a table, people around them, a stall on the Barkhor, in black and white.Two people in patterned coats walk on the Barkhor, in black and white.On Barkhor Square two women in long coats, the street wide, in black and white.A woman in a patterned apron in the middle of the Barkhor, in black and white.Two women in dark coats on the Barkhor, one holding a staff, in black and white.In the crowd on the Barkhor a man with a pale hat and a stick, in black and white.Long shadows on the paving of the Barkhor, two people from behind, in black and white.At the ornate railing of the Barkhor stands a monk, in black and white.In front of a shop on the Barkhor a man with prayer beads in his hand, in black and white.A woman in a striped apron and a hat on the Barkhor, in black and white.Close on the Barkhor a pilgrim with a pale cap, the crowd behind, in black and white.In the crowd on the Barkhor a woman with a hat and a dark jacket, in black and white.On the Barkhor a man in a fur hat, the large prayer wheel at his chest, in black and white.At the edge of the Barkhor two monks sit side by side, in black and white.Under a canopy on the Barkhor a market stall, goods in the shade, in black and white.On the Barkhor a woman in a striped apron, two people at her side, in black and white.In a lane on the Barkhor a person with light hair among passers-by, in black and white.On a step on the Barkhor a man in a cap is on the phone, in black and white.On the crowded Barkhor a man close in the foreground, in black and white.In the shopping street on the Barkhor two women in striped aprons, in black and white.