Tibet Travel Stories Articles
Yak Butter Tea – Tidrum, Tibet
While “hot” and “cold”
Determined to find a heater or have memories of Lhasa confined to hiding under the blankets trying to keep warm and worrying about hyperthermia, Phillip Donnelly sets off to buy one.
The Brad Pitt EffectOne horse towns, feudal economies and mountain sic
Straight into Another World – TibetChristopher Wood wondered if Ganden monastery was
Searching for Something #18: The Roof of the World- TibetThe ubiquitous police presence in Tibet has Tutti glad the cops can’t read English, but where they are suspicious, the Tibetans are welcoming.
Searching for Something #19: Seven Days in Tibet – TibetGoing from Lhasa to Everest has no shortage of interesting monks and monasteries, and Tutti’s favorite: the 10,000 images of the Gyantse Kumbum.
Vultures and Voyeurs: A Tibetan Sky Burial – TibetKelly Sobczak’s tale contains one dead guy, two me
Paul Kan’s Asia Journal #17: July 5-17, Nepal & Tibet, Part I – Nepal and TibetArriving shortly after the royal family massacre, it’s only after passing an effigy that Paul feels a sense of danger.
Paul Kan’s Asia Journal #19: July 5-17, Nepal & Tibet, Part III – Nepal and TibetThe most interesting monasteries are outside Lhasa, just beware the yak butter.
Paul Kan’s Asia Journal #18: July 5-17, Nepal & Tibet, Part II – Nepal and TibetThe monastery seems to have given way to the marketplace, even around the mighty Potala.
