Tibetan women with prayer wheel, Litang, Tibet, China

            World Tour 2013 - 2014 - day 137

After Shangri La I decided to continue my road to Lhassa passing through Litang by car. I stopped there 6 days. This city is the most fascinating tibetan city I visited since most of the people are nomadic and can be seen on motorbike in the city or visited outside by walking toward their tent. To complete this ambiancy a very big tibetan monastery, the Chode Gompa ('monastery' in tibetan) dominates the city. Walking there is difficult because of the lac of oxygen but it is an opportunity to have a look on the 4000m high hills around from a authentically tibetan spiritual place. 

Since the horse festival was in preparation a lot of tibetan people where installing tents and meeting in the surroundings of the city like those three women hanging around amidst the yacks.

Taken in: 中國 / 四川省 / 甘孜藏族自治州 (show map)

Taken on: July 16, 2013

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Camera: Sony SLT-A99V, f/1.4, 1/2000 sec, 85mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

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