2001 Drive across the Himalayas
Drive across the Himalayas from Kathmandu to Lhasa
At a truck stop, on a small black and white TV screen I saw the World Trade Center in Manhattan collapse. I thought it was a bad joke.
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2001 Lhasa གཙུག་ལག་ཁང༌། Tibet
The Jokhang Temple is the most sacred Buddhist temple in Lhasa, Barkhor Square. Tibetans, in general, consider this temple the most important temple in Tibet. My trip and stay in Tibet were during September 11th 2001. The “War on Terror” started, military vehicles were moved to the Tibet/Afghan border. I was stuck in Tibet. No civil flights. Banks closed. The black plague broke out and I was seeing myself walking back to Germany.
2001 Lhasa in Kodak Color
Lhasa, prefecture level city – Capital of Tibet – around 4000 meters above sea level and north of the Himalayan Range.Most of the monasteries in Lhasa suffered damage, and many were destroyed, before and during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). Jokhang, the main temple in Lhasa, was used as a military barrack and slaughterhouse during the Cultural Revolution, and then as a hotel for Chinese officials. Jokhang is now the main pilgrimage sides for Buddhist. In the year 2000 it became a World Heritage Side. The Potala Palace was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas from 1649 to 1959, has been a museum since then, and has been a World Heritage Site since 1994. To see more of rural Tibet, click here.