Comments on: Come With Me to Tibet http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/ The Blog of Photographer David duChemin // Gear is Good. Vision is Better. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Grahamhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11973 Graham Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:36:37 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11973 Trip would be great, the only problem is the Yushu and Litang festivals have been cancelled in the past, and sometimes only a few weeks notice. Perhaps someone with more knowledge about this can comment on this possibility. Trip would be great, the only problem is the Yushu and Litang festivals have been cancelled in the past, and sometimes only a few weeks notice. Perhaps someone with more knowledge about this can comment on this possibility.

]]> By: Brianhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11797 Brian Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:21:25 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11797 @Craig Ferguson - So true about the social classes, it's only gotten worse. To give a very poignant examples - we were walking through a parking garage yesterday in Xining only to see multiple $300,000+ SUV's parked there(Import taxes on luxury cars here is ridiculous, sometimes 150% and up!) only to walk out and see beggars at the entrance. It's a growing problem that leads to many interesting social encounters.Modernization has left a majority of China's minorities in the dust - especially western and central China. Jobs, skills, and training among Tibetans will become a crisis within the next 25 years.The Kham and Amdo regions of Tibet are the most untouched by modernization and people participating in this tour will get the opportunity to see that - its just amazing here. @Craig Ferguson – So true about the social classes, it’s only gotten worse. To give a very poignant examples – we were walking through a parking garage yesterday in Xining only to see multiple $300,000+ SUV’s parked there(Import taxes on luxury cars here is ridiculous, sometimes 150% and up!) only to walk out and see beggars at the entrance. It’s a growing problem that leads to many interesting social encounters.

Modernization has left a majority of China’s minorities in the dust – especially western and central China. Jobs, skills, and training among Tibetans will become a crisis within the next 25 years.

The Kham and Amdo regions of Tibet are the most untouched by modernization and people participating in this tour will get the opportunity to see that – its just amazing here.

]]> By: Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11796 Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:44:13 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11796 Tibet is wonderful. I spent a couple of weeks there pretty much cut off from the world in September 2001 (a very interesting time to be cut off from the world). Fantastic scenery, and a real emotional rollercoaster - the differences in living situations between different groups in the society there is hard to watch.My biggest regret though was that I was there pre-digital and had a film budget to stick to. These days I'd be taking a lot more photos. Tibet is wonderful. I spent a couple of weeks there pretty much cut off from the world in September 2001 (a very interesting time to be cut off from the world). Fantastic scenery, and a real emotional rollercoaster – the differences in living situations between different groups in the society there is hard to watch.

My biggest regret though was that I was there pre-digital and had a film budget to stick to. These days I’d be taking a lot more photos.

]]> By: claude etiennehttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11795 claude etienne Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:43:44 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11795 Bob, Thanks for clarifying. Bob, Thanks for clarifying.

]]> By: Life, The Universe & Chips » Bookmarks for January 5th through January 6thhttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11793 Life, The Universe & Chips » Bookmarks for January 5th through January 6th Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:12:50 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11793 [...] Come With Me to Tibet – How awesome would going on one of these trips be. [...] [...] Come With Me to Tibet – How awesome would going on one of these trips be. [...]

]]> By: Bob Crowehttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11787 Bob Crowe Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:09:48 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11787 Claude - that picture was is Kathmandu - much more laid back in Nepal. The pictures from Tibet start with the Budweiser billboard (the first ad sign we saw after leaving the airport) and end with Low-Priced Snack, a shop at the Nepalese border. Claude – that picture was is Kathmandu – much more laid back in Nepal. The pictures from Tibet start with the Budweiser billboard (the first ad sign we saw after leaving the airport) and end with Low-Priced Snack, a shop at the Nepalese border.

]]> By: claude etiennehttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11786 claude etienne Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:54:42 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11786 David, I'd love to go one day, maybe in a few years. Have a great trip to Africa.Bob, the pictures you took on your Tibet trip are pretty good. You said not to take pictures of soldiers or police, but on the first page there's a picture of riot police. I guess you took a risk there then. David, I’d love to go one day, maybe in a few years. Have a great trip to Africa.

Bob, the pictures you took on your Tibet trip are pretty good. You said not to take pictures of soldiers or police, but on the first page there’s a picture of riot police. I guess you took a risk there then.

]]> By: Bob Crowehttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11785 Bob Crowe Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:28:44 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11785 David - I spent some time in Tibet in September with a small group. It is the experience of a lifetime. We flew from Kathmandu to Lhasa and went back by road. Sounds like you will be farther north, which I'd love to visit. Your itinerary may not take you to Everest base camp, but it's worth a journey.I'm an amateur photographer, not nearly on your level, but I do have a set of pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobcrowe/sets/72157622116001661/ . The pix at the beginning and end are from Kathmandu and area, with Tibet in the middle. Many of the shots are just to record memories of the journey but there are some good ones in there.Quick tips: take the risk of altitude sickness seriously and don't dare take photos of soldiers or police. David – I spent some time in Tibet in September with a small group. It is the experience of a lifetime. We flew from Kathmandu to Lhasa and went back by road. Sounds like you will be farther north, which I’d love to visit. Your itinerary may not take you to Everest base camp, but it’s worth a journey.

I’m an amateur photographer, not nearly on your level, but I do have a set of pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobcrowe/sets/72157622116001661/ . The pix at the beginning and end are from Kathmandu and area, with Tibet in the middle. Many of the shots are just to record memories of the journey but there are some good ones in there.

Quick tips: take the risk of altitude sickness seriously and don’t dare take photos of soldiers or police.

]]> By: Tyler Wainrighthttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11784 Tyler Wainright Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:27:46 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11784 I'd love to join you David but I might have to wait a few years :-) Have a great trip and I look forward to seeing your images. I’d love to join you David but I might have to wait a few years :-) Have a great trip and I look forward to seeing your images.

]]> By: Christellehttp://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2010/01/come-with-me-to-tibet/comment-page-1/#comment-11783 Christelle Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:12:03 +0000 http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/?p=4786#comment-11783 So tempting!!! So tempting!!!

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