Category Archives: 日喀则

The Shigatse Dzong (seen here in another of my famously shitty photographs) echoes the architectural design of the Potala Palace.

In Shigatse, I loved the particular shade of blue on the stone sign out front of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery.The monastery is supposed to be the home of the Panchen Lama, the highest ranking lama after the Dalia Lama in … Continue reading →

Our “three star” hotel in Shigatse was so ornate, so over the top, so Chinese that it looked almost Korean.