Day 6 - Lhasa

From the roof of the Jokhang Temple, you could look onto the main square of the old city and there was a lot to take in. In the far background in front of the mountains, sits the Potala Place - forever awesome! At the far edge of the square under the red tents was a unit of the Chinese military police. Their presence was everywhere in the old city apparently fearful that the peaceful, Tibetan pilgrims would somehow stage an uprising. They looked kinda badass but really, they were so little, they looked more like toy soldiers than the real thing. Sorry Chinese military. On either side of the square were booth after booth of vendors hawking their wares. Twas a souvenir seeker's paradise. In the foreground on the right sits a prayer pole wrapped in Tibetan prayer flags. To the left of the prayer pole is a line of pilgrims filing past. They turned to the right past another prayer pole and then continued on a clockwise path around the temple. The scene was endlessly fascinating!