Yumbu Lakhang

This is the first Palace in Tibetan history, built in 2 BC. After a short, steep climb at about 15,000 feet, you reach the ramparts. One or two monks live here to maintain the palace. It is a very sacred place filled with many ancient antiquities (no photos permitted inside).

(Photo: Prayer flags blow circles of closed prayers above Yumbu Lakhang.)

(Photo: The triangular plot of land is the oldest farm in Tibet, located below the Palace.) 

(Photo: John and our driver, Pinto.)