Tibet Handbook (Moon Travel Guide) [Paperback]

Victor Chan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1994

Fully illustrated throughout, this comprehensive new guide to Tibet contains 1,200 pages of meticulously detailed itineraries, fascinating descriptions, helpful advice, and eye-opening illustrations. 250 maps.

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Victor Chan has covered 42,000 kilometers in Tibet by foot, truck, bus, horse, yak, and coracle. His book includes an introductory course to spoken Tibetan, essays on Tibetan Buddhism and concepts of pilgrimage and art, and practical travel information, plus itineraries to such destinations as the 7th-century burial grounds in the Valley of the Kings at Chougye and the long-lost 11th century Xixiar Pala murals at Dranang. This is the most authorative sourcebook on one of the world's most remote and fascinating destinations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1100 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub; 1st edition (August 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0918373905
• ISBN-13: 978-0918373908
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.2 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,129,867 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful, December 5, 1999

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This review is from: Tibet Handbook (Moon Travel Guide) (Paperback)

excellent, lovingly written book on Tibet. Full of maps and descriptions to pour over. Although clearly written with a pilgrim reader in mind, this actually helps since Tibet is quite a incredibly religious nation. I could wish for some photographs to back up the lovely descriptions, but nonthaless an excellent introduction to the culture of Tibet and a wonderful read.