Tashilunpo Monastery

We visit the seat of the Panchen Lama

6 Sept - Shigatse

In the afternoon we joined hoards of Chinese tourists sightseeing around Tashilunpo Monastery. It really was horrifyingly crowded, but by staying late the visit turned rewarding.

Martin - Jamie

Martin and Joe C - Jamie

- Jamie

Evening prayer time in the assembly hall; in fact this is only one of the services,
there is another assembly closed to tourists - Jamie

Late? - Jamie

And at the end - Jamie

At the end of assembly their job is now to pose for tourists,
and is perhaps better than trying to escape the cameras? - Jamie