3/29/2004
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| KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery
3/29/2004 |
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 A baby yak (bigger ones come later) |
 What a face! |
 Zhongdian's Songzanlin Monastery, home to over 700 monks |
 A closer view of the central part of the monastery |
 The main Buddha inside the monastery |
 Yet ANOTHER entry in our humorous sign collection (we hope people like these!) |
 A monk taking in the view from the roof of the monastery. It turns out that he is a friend of our guide, and we ended up spending time speaking with him (a picture of him follows the next one) |
 On the roof of the monastery |
 Here is the monk who is a friend of our guide (pictured with our guide). He is 22 and has been at the monastery for 9 years. He plans to spend the rest of his life here. |
 A group of monks hanging out.... |
 A Tibetan woman, baby on back, climbing the stairs of the monastery |
 Tibetan women selling yak cheese in Zhongdian's market |