Tibet (Lonely Planet Regional Guides)

by Michael Buckley (Author), Bradley Mayhew (Editor), Michael Buckley (Author), Bradley Mayhew (Editor), Robert Strauss (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.35

  Key transportation facts, valuable trekking information, details on history, culture and Buddhism are all given in this guide to Tibet. There is also chapter on Tibetan and Mandarin languages which should be helpful for travellers.

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $3.35

  Last year, Tibet received 1.8 million tourists. By the end of this decade, China predicts it will be getting more than five million a year. This guide includes: new History chapter by historian Tsering Shakya, author of the Definitive Modern History of Tibet ; now includes dual script (Tibetan and Chinese) and pinyin (Chinese, to aid pronunciation). It offers more information on the country's top treks.