Travel photographs

Tashilhunpo Monastery.

The entrance to Tashilhunpo Monastery.

A tourist on a bike meets a Tibetan and his sheep.

Shigatse Dzong, the old fort, pictured behind a thatched house in the Old Town.

Shigatse Dzong rises above the Old Town.

Houses of Shigatse old town.

Alleyways of Shigatse old town.

The posh part of Shigatse old town.

Shigatse, the modern Chinese city.

Shigatse Dzong from a hill above the city (Photo: Bunter Anson)

View of Tashilhunpo Monastery from above (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Tim surveys Shigatse from a hillside above (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Buddhist prayer wheels above Shigatse (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Me outside the hotel in Shigatse (Photo: Mic Rofe)

The Tashilhunpo Monastery compound, from our hotel room.

Preparing to continue along the highway.