Day 16: Lhassa - Shigatse (Xigatse)

I made a mistake on the blog yesterday, the three passes are scheduke for tomorrow.

Today was an eventless drive to Shigatse, the second Tibetan city and the home of the Panchen Lama. As usual we stopped along the road to take picture and to enjoy the scenery

Women beating wheat

We arrived early and had enough time to visit the Tashilumpo, large monastery still very active

The Tashilumpo monastery

It is a city in a city and we spent plenty of time admiring the humongus bronze statue of Boudha and observing the busy schedule of the monks. There are a lot of Chinese tourists and the place is pretty crowded, mix of business and religion, but we were given our silk white scarf with some blessings. We spent some times browsing the Tibetan streets and shops, ther are still some, in spite of the massive Chinese modern city development, and it was a fun evening.