choerten, valley, and mountains
serpentine symbolism at Nechung Temple
mo-mo, the ever-present Tibetan dumpling
also ever-present are noodles
eating Beijing duck
yak steak dinner
Chinese family-style lunch
rooftop lunch in Lhasa
Beijing alternative eating: Dr. Capper tries fried scorpion on a stick.
Crunchy outside, meaty
inside. In the yellow trays are grasshoppers, beetles, grubs, and mini-seahorses
also for sale.
Photo by Jessica Boyd.
Tibetan alternative eating: yak's tongue, Tibetan tea, Tibetan barley wine.
Yak's tongue is pretty tasty, no kidding.
bargaining on the Barkhor
tantric-shamanic monastery mural image
monastery chapel
some country women
steps of the Potala Palace
celebrating at the top of the steps of the Potala Palace
Drepung Monastery
Drepung Monastery kitchen
thanka painting
protector deity Vajrapani
Medicine Buddha cliff painting
monk taking a practice break
nomad tent
natural altar
Thomas Edison in a hall of great scientists at Tibet University
detail of Jokhang temple art
monks making a sand mandala
a bus of ours
pool, Tibet's favorite sport
cave meditation hermitage
southeast corner of the Forbidden City, Beijing
with Tibetan friends
a labtse or sacred rock cairn
Guru Rinpoche in rock art
nomadic women turn raw wool into thread
a sky burial spot
Dr. Capper with Lama Togdhen Dawa
yak
Mongolian leads out the tiger of afflictions
monastery assembly hall
a Tibetan woman near Namtso
in the pretty Tolung valley
Sili Gotsang monastery clings to a cliff
the keeper of Guru Rinpoche's cave at Drak Yerpa
wearing Dr. Capper's former pocketwatch
Potala Palace
butter lamp offerings
bodhisattva statues
dragon mural from Tsurphu Monastery
monks debate at Sera Monastery
Jokhang Temple, Lhasa
wind-driven prayer wheel
selling musical instruments on the Barkhor
This page was last updated: July 26, 2007