Tibetan Pictures

 Finally, this computer will let me upload pictures. Here are some pictures from our 6-day trip into Tibet... Read below to hear more about it... Also stay tuned for pictures from Xining, Xian, and more!


Tibetan Sunrise. We had to be up at 5:00 to see this!





A girls' home we visited, 6 hours from Yushu





Haley and Cassie with some Tibetan girls





The Old Rug Factory... Still standing, but now only homes for some Tibetans. We stayed on the other side of this building.




One of our dorms in Yushu.



An awesome looking Tibetan dude... I told him he looked cool and asked to take a picture with him.



Tibetan Prayer wheel. They spin these to store up good karma for themselves. Tibetan Buddhism is a religion of fear, and many Tibetans go to great lengths (especially the older crowd) to assure their protection in the afterlife.




A regular Tibetan tent on the plains, equipped with yak herd.



This was once a monastary in Yushu. Although the earthquake brought much sorrow, it is also clear the judgement that came from it. Every monastary in this Tibetan Buddhist hub-city was destroyed from the earthquake.




Now a city of tents and wooden fences, this is a regular alley-way seen in Yushu. We spent several hours attempting to drive medical cars through these streets to visit some of the masses of injured and sick, most with injuries from the earthquake.




Yushu is now a hub of construction sites, with the Chinese government trying to restore it as a tourist city. But even with all the dirt and fumes, this city is still surrounded by beauty, and I believe there are many beautiful things that are yet to happen within this city.