Dunhuang camel scuplture in the desert.Eroded desert landscape of Yadan National Park.Used as a backdrop to the film Hero.The rock to the left is in the shape of a goose. The Chinese love to name all the rock formations based on their resemblance to animals and objects.Mingsha Shan. Desert and oasis on the edge of Dunhuang city.Drinking beer at the top a sand dune.Pilgrims pass a stupa outside Labrang Monastery, XiaheSmoke filled alleryway.Kora pilgrim path overlooks the Labrang Monastery complex.Tiger cave in Langmusi. Another Tibetan town.Overlooking Langmusi. Half the town sits in Gansu province, the other in Sichuan.Sky burial site. A Tibetan ritual where the dead are smashed to pieces and given as a offering to vultures. Bones, skulls and spines are discarded everywhere.Restoring a Tibetan temple using traditional techniques.Prayer wheels. Each rotation of a wheel is equivalent to saying a prayer. Along any pilgrim path there can be hundreds of these wheels.Detail of monastery decorationsLabrang monastery.Pilgrims on pilgrim path spinning the prayer wheels.Inner courtyard of Labrang monastery.Outer pilgrim path.Xiahe town sunrise. No foreigners were officially allowed in the town after riots occurred between the Tibetans and Han Chinese. We had heard that the police and PSB were after us so had to sneak around early morning to avoid being escorted out of town.Keeping warm by drinking lots of Tibetan tea at a Tibetan homestead.Doorway to the monastery printing press.The Barkhang monastery traditional printing press, containing thousands of wooden plates to print Tibetan scriptures.View from the train to Lanzhou. Captial of Gansu province.Looking out over the Sangke Grasslands. A rain storm is the distance.
