A photo journey of Mondoro’s Charity trip into Tibetan China
The first school we went to is the Bo Sang School which has about 40 students, but they cannot afford a teacher. The children are all poor and come from families where their parents are mainly farmers. This school greeted us with white scarves a welcome that the Tibetans give to their honored guests.
More Tibetan School Children
Bao Mei Gao Er Ka School. We will be helping this school with some basic school supplies. This school has about 30 children. All of them come from families that are either nomads or farmers. This school gave us all red scarves that is common among school Children in China. The man in the traditional clothes is the Tibetan teacher for the school. The young man with the baseball hat is the principle
| Bao Mei, Dao Fu School. This school is another poor school with about 30 children. They asked us for very simple supplies like a big ruler for their chalk board and medical supplies. The monk was a friend we met at the monastery, and he asked us for a ride to the next town. |
Snow Capped Mountains. Tibet has beautiful snow capped mountains. And even though it was summer time, the mountains still had snow on them.
To get to this area we had to travel over 15 hours by car. There are no flights or trains. Part of our journey took us over a snow capped mountain. We could actually see snow along the side of the road which was a great contrast from Guangzhou with its 90 degree heat and 100% humidi ty.
Prayer Flags blowing prayers in the wind. This was a scene typical of the area we traveled.
Ya La Mountain, or the Holy Mountain. We were very lucky because most of the days we traveled gave us great views of the Ya La Mountain.
Ya La Mountain with the Grasslands with Yaks roaming on them. A typical scene for this area of Tibetan China.
Nomads with their horses. Tibetans wear a hat like a US cowboy hat and also ride horses.
A Traditional Nomad Tent. These tents are increasingly hard to find because they are being replaced with a newer and more modern looking tent. The nomads will travel with their Yak herds. They will be on the lower ground in the fall and winter and go to the higher grasslands in the spring and summer.
Some Tibetan yaks. They use the milk from the Yaks for yogurt and butter. It seems to be a sour milk and not as sweet as we are use to.
A view of a Tibetan Temple. There are many such wonderful temples.
A woman at the prayers wheels. The prayer wheels have some scriptures on them and they walk around them each day to spin them or spin their prayer.
Some children at the prayer wheels. They were not sure what to make of the foreigners at their prayer wheels.
Typical Tibetan House. The animals will stay on the ground floor and the family on the top floor.
Some monks at the temple. I love the sunglasses!
Some monks and others outside the prayer wheels.
When we were in BaMei a Living Buddha came to visit. We could not see him but we could hear him speaking and reading scripture from this house.
Here are some of the people at the gathering of the Living Buddha in BaMei
Tibetan Woman waiting outside a house. Besides having houses made of stones many Tibetan houses are similar to a log cabin we have in the United States. The clothing these women wear is typical of what you see on the streets in this area.