Our guide had queued up for our entry tickets yesterday. We have a tight time slot so cannot dilly- dally. No photography is allowed inside the Palace and there are cameras in every room watching.
It's another steep climb to the entrance along wide steps. I'm out of breath by the time I reach the entrance. It's a place of massive proportions. There are 1000 rooms, although only 70-odd are open to the public.
It used to be the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas until the Dalai Lama was forced to flee. It now has no official purpose and is effectively a huge museum filled with groups of Chinese tourists, which is ironic considering they tried so hard to destroy it.
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