- A nomad family we met in Trakaniri.
They were just as interested in us as we were in them! - An Amanita close to A. pantherina near Dabpa, Chinese Daocheng.
- Nyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.
Nearly every house is a tourist hotel. What location. - An orchid found in 4200m
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods
- Rheum alexandrae Alexanders Rhubarb, also an important medicinal in Tibetan Medicine and TCM
- Tsongu Gompa (Gelukpa tradition). Chinese tourists know it as Chongu Sii
- Pombu or Dekyi Gompa, a Kagyupa monastery founded in 1169 by the First Karmapa Dusum Chenpa
- A lovely group of Asters (Erigeron sp.)
- Alexanders Rhubarb flowers are protected from wind, weather and radiation, all intense in high altitude.
- Orgyen Rinchen with one of many matsutake he picked that morning.
- An orchid, maybe an Orchis
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods
- A solar collector to heat water.
Tibet has lots of sunshine between October and Mai. Winters a bone dry and sunny! - Drolma king bolete searching.
- Fritillaria bulbs put in the sun for drying.
They are a major medicinal, often used against a cold among other applications - Dorje, a mobile matsutake dealer we met in Nyachuka
- Pombu or Dekyi Gompa just north of Sumdo (4200m / 14,000ft).
- A group of Armillaria mushrooms above Yading
- The local community helps erecting the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni.