Flora, Fauna and Wild Animals in Tibet.
caption : Himalayan Rose - Ganden
caption : Hill billy - Ganden
caption : Ok..ok...that's not a wild animal - Tibetan Mastiff - Yamdrok-tso
caption : Wild Tibetan Gazelle - Qololangma Nature Reserve
caption : Tibetan Wild Ass - Qololangma Nature Reserve
Flora, Fauna and Wild Animals in Tibet.
caption : Don't know what bird - Ganga Chu - Lake Manasarvor
caption : Wild Yak - Tsada
caption : Black crown heron
caption : Wild horses - Peiku-tso
Food and People in Tibet
caption : Our first meal in Tibet - Hui Ethnics Ramien
Our first meal was this bowl of ramien from a shop recommended by the Lonely Planet.
caption : The famous or infamous yak butter tea
This cup of tea is no cheapo cup of tea. They are sold mostly to the tourist in the eating house. This used to the the everyday drinks of the Tibetan but today, milk tea are gradually replacing this drink. The difference between the yak butter tea and the milk tea is that it is salty and have a strong buttery taste. You will have to drink it hot otherwise the buttery taste will make it unpalatable.
caption : Another very popular dish "Hand grab mutton" - 手抓羊肉
caption : home brew barley beer being used as offering in a human skull.
caption : Lhasa Beer the new alternative to the home brewed barley beer
Food and People in Tibet
caption : Tibetan devotees doing full prostration outside Jokhang Monastery
caption : Tibetan carving a stone under a tree.
caption : Tibetan noodle, not as delicious as the Hui enthics Ramien.
caption : Tsampa, I had to beg the Tibetan to give me some as I had hardly seen them around.
Breakfast is pretty English breakfast nowsaday and tsampa is just like a dessert before the main course. The Tibetan had helped me to prepare this and I had used the spoon to mixed them. They laughed at me and told me that normally they would use their hand to mixed them. Anyway it taste like baby cereal to me.
caption : The happiest and contented Tibetans normad we met
Last Picture
caption : That's me at Mt Everest Base Camp - Monday 30 September 2009, 3:26pm
Nice.