leo carter: tibet by bicycle 2010

LEO’S BICYCLE TRIP XINING – LHASA

2010 - August

一万年前的地球可能就是这样 Ancient Landscape

或者是星球大战中的某个星球 Planet Earth?

有人要从天上下凡 Expecting a Descent

雪山与草地 Snow and Grasslands

远眺纳木错

云不是总是白的 Black Clouds

我们的吉祥物 Talismen

从西宁出发第一天，那天的结果是双腿紫外线烧伤First day out.I burned my legs.

宿营地 Typical Motel

青藏线上的小商店 Typical Shop

客栈主人家 Motel Owners Home

修车，搭车 Bicycle Repair.Twice we hitched a short ride.

典型的午餐：馍馍 Lunch

昆仑山 Kun Lun Mountain

昆仑山口遇一群官员， 含北大团委书记

At Kun Lun Mountain we met a travelinggroup of officials including the Head of the Communist Youth League of my school, Beijing University

在青藏路最高点“拜日” Adopting the Sun Posture to express thanks at the top of our trip.

庆祝式地吸一口氧，唐古拉山口留影Celebrating 5231 meters with a little oxygen. Actually, we didn’t need it.

遭遇冰雹We were caught in anice hail-storm

看不到尽头的路 No end

圣湖纳木错 Nam Mu Cuo Lake, Tibet

圣湖纳木错 Nam Mu Cuo Lake, Tibet

圣湖纳木错 Nam Mu Cuo Lake, Tibet

何骊与狗 Me and my friends

欺负老实狗

Playing with an abandoned car

朝圣路上Prostrations on the way to Lhasa.

转经人 Lady

养路工 Road Workers

来到了布达拉 Potala Palace in Lhasa

鸟 Birds

猫 Cat

色拉寺的辩经场 Monks

Coming home on the train