Photo caption: Potala palace now abandoned since 1956 & Chinese liberation

Reini and I arrived in China after a 14hour flight to Hong Kong and then took another flight to Chengdu in the Szechuan province where all the good food comes from. It was super hot and we visited an old and beautiful monastary and had lunch there. The next morning we headed to the airport again to head to Tibet.This is my first and Reini's third time. Tibet is beautiful and not like any other country I or Reini has been to. The mountains are so tall and barren. There isnt any snow on the lower peaks right now as its the end of the rainy season and summer. Lhasa is in the valley. The climate is a lot like San Francisco right now except sunnier.

We're working for an organization called onehearttibet.org which works to improve maternal child health issues with the Tibetans. There are several programs that they run and more details can be found on the website.

The light here is incredibly bright as the atmosphere is very thin, Lhasa is at approx 12000 feet and the lowest in the surrounding areas. We will be working out of Lhasa and travelling to outside counties. That is all for now