Images tagged "landscape"

Tibet, Manarasovar Tal, Chiu Gompa (4570m): The monastery as seen from the campsite, Manasarovar Lake (Mapham Tso, 4588m; lake of enlightment - Bramha's Lake)
Tibet, Manarasovar Tal, Chiu Gompa (4570m): A view to the east from the monastery, Manasarovar Lake (Mapham Tso, 4588m; lake of enlightment - Bramha's Lake)
Tibet, Purang, Tarboche (ca. 4670m), Kailash Kora: A view of the Kailash (6714m) from the "Saga Dawa"-festival ground in the south of Lha Chu river valley (River of Gods), with the Gang Nyi Chorten
Tibet, Purang, Tarboche (ca. 4670m), Kailash Kora: Pilgrims leaving the "Saga Dawa"-festival (enlightment of Buddha; 3rd fullmoon after the Tibetan new year), hiding for the 'Kora' around the holy mountain, in the south of valley Lha Chu river (River of Gods) with the majestic Mt. Kailash (6714m) in the back
Tibet, Kailash Kora, western side, Part 1: Padmasana Mountain or Guru Rinpoche on the right in front of the Kailash (6714m)
Tibet, Kailash-Kora, Drira Phug (4998m): Looking at Drira Phug monastery, clinging on the 'mountain of Thousand Buddhas', from the camping site opposite, at the northern face of Kailash (Kang Rinpoche, 6714m)
Tibet, Kailash-Kora, Drira Phug (4998m): The north face of Mt.Kailash (6714m) at sunrise from the camping site opposite Drira Phug monastery
Tibet, Kailash-Kora, Drira Phug (4998m): Two ways of the Kora; Buddhist pilgrims surrounding the Kailash clockwise (coming from the right), disciples of Bön counterclockwise; in front of Jampyang Ri (Manjushree, 5835m) at the north face of Mt.Kailash (6714m) as seen half way from the trail to Dolma La (5630m)
Tibet, Kailash-Kora, Drira Phug (4998m) to Dolma La pass (5630m): A yak herd in front of Jampyang Ri (Manjushree, 5835m) in the back the north face of Mt.Kailash (6714m)
Tibet, Kailash-Kora, Dolma La pass (5630m): View back into the valley we come up all the way, now only the last hundred meters more to climb
Tibet, Ngamring, Chumbu La (4345m): A family coming from the village of Lulung; in a few km the highway from Kathmandu meets the highway to Lhartse
Tibet, Lhatse-Shigatse: Nomads at the highway
Tibet, Damzhung, Nam Tso (4718m): A Nomad group and the Samdai Kangsang (6595m) at the south-eastern shore of the lake
Tibet, Damzhung, Nam Tso: View towards south with the Nyenchen Tanglha (7111m) from the top of the smaller of the two "kora"-hills near the Tashi Dor-monastery

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