Dispatch from Lhasa, Tibet Day 3: Wetlands, markets and culture

By Becca Heaton For the Camera Friday, October 10, 2008 Editor's note: After stopping in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to present the city with the gift of a cybercafe, Boulder Mayor Shaun McGrath and his wife, Becca Heaton, have moved on to another sister city: Lhasa, Tibet. They've been joined there by City Councilwoman Suzy Ageton. The Camera will be running dispatches from their trip over the next several days. The city of Boulder is paying the travel expenses to the sister cities for McGrath. This dispatch describes the delegation's adventures on Oct. 6. A fter yesterday's shaking and quaking -- literally -- we all had a good night's sleep with no more aftershocks from the earthquake. We heard varying reports of damage and injuries; the media report one thing, while the government reports something else. There were numerous... [read full story]