Caravans of the Himalaya [Hardcover]

Eric Valli (Author), Diane Summers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1995

A travelogue by two Nepalese traders retraces a thousand-year-old journey of their ancestors, detailing their adventures from the four hundred-foot cliffs of the Himalayan foothills to the high plateaus of the Dolpo people. 10,000 first printing.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Natl Geographic Society (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079222793X
• ISBN-13: 978-0792227939
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 10.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,298,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be amazed ... and go see the movie afterwards !, November 24, 1999

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Anne Wuyts (The Hague, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Caravans of the Himalaya (Hardcover)

If you love Nepal, Tibet and it's beautifull people, you'll love this book. The stunning pictures tell a great story. About the people in the Dolpho region. They trade salt against food. But to do so, they have to travel hard miles trough a stunning but barren country, with incredible moutains, lakes and of course a caravan of yaks. The author lived with these people and you'll see in his picture the love he has for this region. He knows how to tell a story and how to make the picture to encounter the beauty of it.

The movie CARAVAN tells the same story but then the pictures move (haha) As you can read I'm not used to write in English, but my message is this one ... buy it and go see the picture, you won't be disapointed !