Tibet Travel Stories Travel Articles

Yak Butter Tea – Tidrum, Tibet

While "hot" and "cold"

The Brad Pitt Effect

One horse towns, feudal economies and mountain sic

Straight into Another World – Tibet

Christopher Wood wondered if Ganden monastery was

Searching for Something #18: The Roof of the World- Tibet

The 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 – Tibet

Going 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 – Tibet

Kelly Sobczak's tale contains one dead guy, two me

Paul Kan’s Asia Journal #17: July 5-17, Nepal & Tibet, Part I – Nepal and Tibet

Arriving 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 Tibet

The 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 Tibet

The monastery seems to have given way to the marketplace, even around the mighty Potala.

Evening Prayers in Lhasa

Observing the evening ritual of the monks in Jokha