FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE - YOU CROSS THIS BRIDGE FROM A SMALL TOWN OF KODARI IN NEPAL TO ENTER IN TO TIBET. BE READY TO WAIT FOR FEW HOURS TO GET THROUGH THE IMMIGRATION!

NYALAM - THE BORDER TOWN OF TIBET FROM WHERE YOU GET IN TO TIBET FROM NEPAL. IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A MOVIE SET

A SOUTH-WESTERN TIBETAN VILLAGE HOME

A SOUTH-WESTERN TIBETAN VILLAGE HOME

A SMALL TIBETAN VILLAGE IN THE BACKGROUND OF SNOWY MOUNTAINS

A TYPICAL TIBETAN HAMLET WITH NO MORE THAN DOZEN OF SMALL HOMES

YAK - THE LIFELINE OF TIBET, WHETHER IT IS MILK, CURD, BUTTER, CHEESE, WOOL, MEAT, HORNS, TAIL, DUNG - EVERYTHING IS CONSUMED TO THE TEE.

FRIENDSHIP HIGHWAY THAT CONNECTS LHASA WITH THE NEPAL BORDER PASSES THROUGH MYRIAD PICTURESQUE LOCALES AND HIGH MOUNTAINS

FRIENDSHIP HIGHWAY THAT CONNECTS LHASA WITH THE NEPAL BORDER PASSES THROUGH MYRIAD PICTURESQUE LOCALES AND HIGH MOUNTAINS

TOYOTA LAND CRUISER IS THE MOST PREFERRED SUV WHILE DOING THE TIBET OVERLAND TOUR

YOU CANNOT HELP BUT ADMIRE SUCH RUGGED LANES AND ABODES OF MONKS THAT DOT THE MONASTERY ENCLOSURES ACROSS TIBET

YOU CANNOT HELP BUT ADMIRE SUCH RUGGED LANES AND ABODES OF MONKS THAT DOT THE MONASTERY ENCLOSURES ACROSS TIBET

RONGBU MONASTERY IS A NYINGMAPA SECT (RED SECT) BUDDHIST MONASTERY. IT IS THE HIGHEST MONASTERY IN THE WORLD LOCATED ON THE FOOT OF MT. EVEREST AT 16700 FEET

RONGBU MONASTERY IS A NYINGMAPA SECT (RED SECT) BUDDHIST MONASTERY. IT IS THE HIGHEST MONASTERY IN THE WORLD LOCATED ON THE FOOT OF MT. EVEREST AT 16700 FEET

MT. EVEREST OR SAGARMATHA OR QOMOLANGMA - WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, THIS HIGHEST MOUNTAIN OF THE WORLD STANDS TALL AT 29035 FEET AND NEVER FAILS TO INSPIRE YOU WITH ITS PRESENCE

MT. EVEREST OR SAGARMATHA OR QOMOLANGMA - WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, THIS HIGHEST MOUNTAIN OF THE WORLD STANDS TALL AT 29035 FEET AND NEVER FAILS TO INSPIRE YOU WITH ITS PRESENCE

YAMDROK LAKE BETWEEN GYANTSE AND LHASA IS ONE PF THE THREE LARGEST SACRED LAKES IN TIBET. THE LAKE IS SPREAD OVER ALMOST 638 SQUARE KILOMETERS AND IS SCORPION-SHAPED

YARLUNGTSANGPO OR THE BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER ORIGINATES FROM SOUTH-WESTERN TIBET AND OFFERS SOME OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD PANORAMA

KUMBUMCHORTEN AND PELKORCHODE MONASTERY AT GYANTSE.KUMBUMCHORTEN HAS 108 DIFFERENT IDOLS OF BUDDHA, EQUIVALENT NUMBER TO THE BEADS IN A BUDDHIST ROSARY

A TYPICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF TIBET. BEAUTIFUL IS AN UNDERESTIMATED EXPRESSION

THIS IS WHAT A NATIVE OF WESTERN TIBET LOOKS LIKE!

THIS IS WHAT A NATIVE OF WESTERN TIBET LOOKS LIKE!

ROOF OF THE WORLD! AT AN AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 14000 FEET, TIBET HAS A LANDSCAPE THAT ENTHRALS YOU BEYOND DOUBT

TYPICAL MONASTERY ARCHITECTURE IN TIBET

A MONASTERY JUST 10 KMS AWAY FROM THE LHASA GONGGA AIRPORT