heed! paper! now!

This guy is wearing a typical Tibetan coat. The sleeves are really long; and typically they will keep on arm out of the coat, even when it’s cold? The inside is usually lined with sheep or yak fur. The coats can be quite expensive depending on the quality. One time over the weekend I saw…

We had a lot of fun at this restaurant that offered "western" and Tibetan cuisine. I enjoyed the yak momos (yak meat inside a steamed dumpling) and some conversations we had with some Tibetan monks. Topics of conversation: the Dalai Lama; learning Tibetan phrases and teaching English phrases; the NBA and Yao Ming; and differences…

labrang – tibet’s answer to leavenworth (wa)

close quarters with chain-smoking tibetans

not a mud-stained bus

Tomorrow (early) I’m heading to Xiahe–a small village in the Gansu province.  I’m going with a friend of mine and a small group.  It’s about a 7 hour bus ride.  There is a famous Tibetan monastery there called Labrang.  The drive down through the mountains is supposed to be amazing! I’ll be coming back on…

She came home last night! And took some great photos I might add…

my wife slept in a village at 10,000 feet…I’m jealous

what’s the tibetan words for "cheese"?