Dream Trip 2009

Great Travel Moment

Located in the oldest part of Lhasa, the Jokhang temple is in an area that bustles with marketplace activity and religious devotion. Thousands of pilgrims revolve around the temple with their praying wheels. Tibetan people generally do not like to have their picture taken. I spotted this mother with her baby and was wondering how to approach her to take her picture, when she smiled and posed for me. She was unusually friendly and although we could not communicate verbally, she left a pleasant lasting impression in my memory.