miscellaneous rambling

This was it!! made it to Lhasa, and to the potala palace. We were running tight on time because you must enter the potala during the time printed on your ticket. When we got to the front gate ( just right of the photo), we found out that the gate was under repair, and we had to go to the "back door". Which means, going left ( just beyond the left side of the photo), and then running up the hill behind the palace. As you can see, it is big, and there were 24 of us, running up in the heat. It was worth it of course. Unfortunately, you cannot take photos inside. Most of the temples prohit photography, unless you pay the monks.