
In the car park at the base of the Drepung Monastery complex.

Climbing up to the monastery in the snow.

Prayer wheels beneath the monastery buildings.

Heavy snow falls outside one of the monastery buildings.

Sheltering from the snow inside a courtyard of Drepung Monastery (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Crossing a courtyard through snow (Photo: Bunter Anson)

The entrance courtyard of Ganden Palace.

Colourful cabinets and statuettes inside Ganden Palace (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Photograph of the Rinpoche of Drepung Monastery inside Ganden Palace (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Ian, Mic and Petr admire the ceiling inside Ganden Palace (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Dozens of tiny Buddhas (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Butter lamp at Drepung Monastery (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Looking out of the back entrance of Ganden Palace.

Buildings of the Drepung Monastery complex, seen from Ganden Palace.

The back side of Ganden Palace.

Buddhist rock carving on the hillside above Drepung Monastery (Photo: Bunter Anson)

A paved path leads to the main assembly hall.

A monk in red robes leaves the main assembly hall (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Tim and Mic wander the streets of the Drepung Monastery complex (Photo: Bunter Anson)

A hoopoe on the monastery roof.

Inside the kitchens (Photo: Bunter Anson)

A serving of thick soup (Photo: Bunter Anson)

The main assembly hall at Drepung Monastery.

Looking down on Lhasa from Drepung Monastery.

Inside the main assembly hall.

Monks chanting.

An assembly of monks.

Statue of the Buddha Maitreya in the main assembly hall.

Buddha statues in the main assembly hall (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Yellow Buddha statue (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Butter lamps.

Ganden Palace and a mountain backdrop.

A Buddhist sheep.

At last Tim finds somebody like-minded to talk to.

Tim and Flossy.

Steep and narrow passageway in the Drepung Monastery complex (Photo: Bunter Anson)

The monastery complex from the car park.