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The travellers at the sacred lake near Manigango.
Dzongsar Menkhang (Tibetan herbal medicine hospital.)
Motorcycle accident victim recovering at home and attached to a drip, Dzongsar/Meshu area.
The dispensary, Dzongsar Menkhang.
Dr Karpo, Director, and Dr Lodre Phuntsog, President, of Yuthok Yonden Gonpo Medical Association.
Medicinal herbs, Dzongsar Menkhang.
Herbal medicine production, Dzongsar Menkhang.
The finished medicines.
The kitchen, Dzongsar Menkhang.
Mountains and mani stones, near Manigango.
Prayer flags and chorten at Yulong.
Rubbish and one of the few toilets at Yulong.
A nomad family at Yulong.
Inside a nomad tent, Yulong.
The travellers with Yamatsering Rinpoche, Yulong.
Wangdruk Rinpoche (of Gebchak Gonpa) at the Mani wall in Jyekundo.
On the road from Jyekundo to Nangchen.
Buddha and lungta, Nangchen area.
Dr. Kat Kirby checking the health of a Gebchak nun.
A Gebchak nun - a probable case of TB.
On the road - Nangchen to Gebchak Nunnery.
View from the road - Nangchen to Genchak Nunnery.
Nuns coming to greet us, Gebchak Nunnery.
A young nun, Gebchak.
One of Tulku Urgyen's retreat places, near Gebchak.
Nuns at Gebchak.
Many chorten at Gebchak.
Snow on the mountains, Gebchak in September.
Prayer flags, Gebchak.
A young nun very sick with TB, Gebchak. (She was hospitalised the following day.)
With Dawa as translator Dr Kat Kirby gives a short healthcare training at Gebchak.
Nuns at the training session, Gebchak.
The temple at Gebchak, in a poor state of repair.
Nuns outside the temple, Gebchak.
Accomodation at Gebchak.
Accomodation at Gebchak.
Accomodation at Gebchak.
Nuns in the three year retreat center, Gebchak. (Photo by Wangdruk Rinpoche.)
Nuns at Gebchak.
Gebchak nuns at Jama Mani for a prayer festival.
Young Gebchak nuns at a second short healthcare training, Jama Mani.
The Gebchak nierpa sees us off on our journey back to Nangchen.
On the road from Gebchak to Nangchen.
A gebchak nun with TB in hospital in Nangchen.
