yucka – beautiful
Illustrations
All photographs from the author’s collection. Chapter illustrations by the author.
The family tent
Tsedup mother, Annay Labko
Tsedup father, Amnye Karko
View of Machu from the Wild Yak range
Ama-lo-lun, Azjung (the Sky Man) and Rhanjer’s son, Tinlee
Tsedup’s brother, Cumchok Jamtso seated at the centre of a ceremony
A chorten at Labrang monastery.
Tsedup’s youngest brother, Gorbo
Kate’s num
Kate’s dad and boys from the tribe
View of Jerko’s tent
Nawang, Tsedup and Tsedo’s children – Sanjay, Dickir Che, Ziggy and Kate
Kate, Sirmo and Shermo Donker. Me, Sirmo and Shermo pose for a picture before our trip to town.
Milking a yak
Women from Kate’s tribe
Kate, Chloё and Ells on top of the holy mountain.
Tibetan weaving techniques
Dickir Che and Ziggy
Friend Tseqwar, Tsedup’s brother, Tsedo, friend Wharden, Tsedup’s eldest brother, Rhanjer and younger brother, Gondo
Gondo’s son, Dorlo
Tsering Samdup outside the tiger’s lair at Lhamo
Rhanjer’s son, Samlo
Tsedup in winter tsokwa
Gondo’s wife, Tseten, Gondo, Tamba and friend
Tsedup’s sister, Dombie
Dombie’s son Yeshe
Dombie’s daughter Dawa with Dickir Che
Girls in tsokwas – in front, Rhanjer’s girls, Lhamo Tsering and Rinchenchet with eldest daughter, Gurra, center back
Tselo in the grassland
Dickier Che and Rinchenchet knitting
Sirmo’s son, Tsering Dhondup
Kate wearing the rings that Annay gave her
Our son, Gonbochab