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Pilgrim praying in front of Potala Palace, Lhasa. Monk holding prayer beads. Monk deep in thought on the roof of Drepung monastery. Hand and prayer wheel Mother and child. Kneeling before candles, Lhasa. Prayer flags near Nam Tso. Young man amongst prayer flags at dawn, Lhasa. Young nomad girl. Ganden Monastery, one of the few to survive the Cultural Revolution. An evening spent with some jolly pilgims at Samye. The chang (homemade beer) did flow and flow. Inside a yak herder's tent. Yak herders are nomadic, moving between Winter and Summer homes. A young nomad girl. Guardian demons. These are often seen at the entrances to temples. Golden smile. Girl outside Potala palace, Lhasa. Pilgrim with prayer wheel, Lhasa. Ornate door at Tashilhunpo monastery. Down in one and no excuses. Pilgrims burning barley flower and a sweet smelling herb called palou. This ritual is performed every morning on the way to work. Smiling pilgrim at Samye monastery. Monk with peaked cap, Lhasa. Overhead view of a river, flying into Lhasa. The wife of a yak herder at home. Tibet's answer to Mrs Doyle (Father Ted); I must have drunk 15 cups of salt butter tea in half an hour. Young men from the Khampa tribe, Lhasa. Happy Buddhist monk, Lhasa. Potala Palace at sunset, Lhasa. Day three of the trek between Ganden monastery and Samye monastery. Pilgrim in prayer outside the Jokhana, Tibet's most holy building, Lhasa. Young man on a hill overlooking Lhasa. Every Wednesday Buddhists climb holy mountains around the capital to offer prayers. The Chinese authorities post guards to stop them. Pilgrim with prayer wheel, Lhasa. Prayer wheels can contain up to a mile of tightly coiled paper prayers. Buddhist statues Monk with red sunhat, Lhasa. One tenth of a Yuan, the smallest Chinese (and therefore Tibetan) banknote, worth three quarters of a pence, left as an offering. Monk at Tashilhunpo monastery. Pilgrims chatting, Lhasa. Monk with prayer beads, Tashilhunpo monastery. Storm brewing behind a stupa, Lake Nam Tso. Portrait of nomad girl during a trek between Ganden Monastery and Samye monastery. Pilgrim, Lhasa. Old lady, Drepung monastery. Colourful doorway, Shigatse. Man at Samye monastery. Pilgrim, Lhasa. Pilgrim in front of the Jokhana, Lhasa. Guardian demon in Samye monastery. Pilgrim at Drepung monastery. Prayer flags near Nam Tso. A pilgrim prostrating on the streets of Lhasa. Burning yak butter lamps, Samye monastery. Doorway, Shigatse. Mother and child, Lhasa. Pilgrims, Lhasa. Pilgrims performing the kora in Lhasa. This involves walking around the Jokhana in a clockwise direction. Baby sleeping while his mother prostrates herself outside the Jokhana, Lhasa. Pilgrim with her prayer beads and wheel, Lhasa. Prayer flags blowing in the wind along the shore of Nam Tso. Yak herder carrying a yak skin saddle. Nam Tso, the highest lake in the world.

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