Alan and Jonna's trekking trip to Tibet

Jonna and Alan took a three week trip to China this August, primarily to go trekking in Tibet. Jonna then spent an additional two weeks going to India afterwards. We both flew to Beijing together and then spent a rainy day playing tourist there. We then flew to Lhasa in Tibet. We spent three days in Lhasa, then left for a 12 day trip into Far Western Tibet. We drove from Lhasa to Shigatse to Lhartse to Saga to Puryang to Darchen. We stopped at the Tashilingo and Sakye monasteries on the way out. We then spent three days at Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, including visiting the Chiu monastery. We then drove back from Darchen to Puryang to Saga to Lhartse to Lhasa. We then spent five more days in Lhasa, including visiting the Samye monastery. From there we flew back to Beijing where we had a day to to a bicycle trip to the Great Wall. Then Alan flew back to the US. Jonna spent two more days in Beijing doing a bicycle tour through the hutongs and visiting the Temple of Heaven. She then flew to Delhi, where she had day exploring Old Delhi, the Gandhi Museum and wandering around the new part of the city. Then she took the train to Dharamsala in northern India. She spent one week there, before taking the train back to Delhi and then flying back to the US.

Here are some of our photos from the trip. (Because of the length of this trip, I am breaking the photos up into several different pages. This tenth section will eventually show Jonna's days in Delhi on her way to McLeoud-Ganj and Dharamsala.)

1) Delhi proved to be a chaotic, load, crowded and colorful place with great passion. This was the terrace at Jonna's guesthouse where she could have a quiet cup of Darjeeling.

2) The Red Fort (Lal Qila) is located in Old Delhi. It was the seat of Mughal power for over 200 years. Jonna hiked around this area for a couple of hours.

3) Across from the Red Fort is this Digambar Jain temple. Further down the block was a Hindu temple, a mosque and a Sikh temple.

4) A typical street scene in Delhi - people, cars, rickshaws, motorcycles, scooters and no traffic rules.

5) Two rickshaws near Old Delhi with napping drivers and a canine companion. Most dogs and cats in India were ferrel.

6) Outside the Ghandi museum was a collection of Gandhi statues. This was Jonna's favorite of the statues. The museum was empty of patrons. It has many powerful photos and items including the bullet killed Gandhi and the bloody shawl he was wearing when he was shot.

Gandhi museum
Refuge and contemplation
City is too much

7) Jonna splurged on high tea at Delhi's Imperial Hotel. This was British influenced service at it's best. There were no scones or clotted cream but a huge spread of other British and Indian goodies. It was quite the contrast to be looking out on these pristine gardens knowing the poverty that sat on the other side of the garden wall.

Darjeeling and milk
Silver service and lime-aid
Lots of yummy sweets

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