From Lhasa, Tibet

In Sept, 2008 we had a wonderful journey to China. A favorite part of the trip was visiting Lhasa, Tibet. The weather was great, the people nice, and the scenery beautiful. Of course, everyone must visit the famous Potala Palace in Lhasa.

A small part of the Palace:

Thats a ton of stairs to climb! Pics look a little on the grainy side but excellent captures

Thanks, ahhhlawn. "Pics look a little on the grainy side..." How do you determine that? I did not take my Rebel XT - instead used my little Canon S500 5 megapixel pocket camera at ISO 400.

High ISO for that amount of light

Thanks to Tshaw for that wake up call about ISO! I will learn to pay greater attention to what I am supposed to do.

12,000 feet? wow that's high.
Interesting place.

What a trip that must have been. The palace is huge and I don't think I would have made it up all those stairs. Thanks for sharing those good pics, Harold.

Thanks, Tee Why and Stan. Joan and I both took Diamox to stave off any altitude sickness - which worked for us. It was interesting to look at the nearby mountains ringing Lhasa and realize that, since we were already at 12,000 feet, the mountains were at 14,000 feet.

np, this picture makes me want to visit this area so bad, this past summer i went throughout the Mediterranean and london...no camera, wasted opportunities, oh well just another excuse to go back right?!