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Title: Mapping the Tibetan World by Atsushi Kanamaru, Yukiyasu Osada, Kotan Publishing ISBN: 0-9701716-0-9 Publisher: Kotan Publishing Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ambitious & Successful
Comment: 'Mapping the Tibetan World' is a very ambitious project, and one that succeeds brilliantly.
The once-great Tibetan world, though based on common culture and language, has splintered over the centuries into slabs attached to China, India and Nepal--with Bhutan the sole independent nation remaining. This book reassembles the complex jigsaw into a cohesive whole again, making it the perfect guidebook for travellers keen on visiting overlapping regions of the Tibetan plateau on a single trip.
The marvel is how all the complex data is compressed into 424 pages. The maps are highly detailed and many are not found in other sources: among them are excellent trekking maps.
If you want to explore the Tibetan sphere of influence, this is the book.
Michael Buckley, travel writer, author of Heartlands: Travels in the Tibetan World and the Tibet Travel Adventure Guide
Rating: 3
Summary: Perhaps my previous review offended...
Comment: I wonder what happened to my original review, which seems to have disappeared...
I had tried to go against the conventional wisdom about this book and recommend that, if one is not interested in purely religious destinations, another book might be in order.
This book is concerned only with religious destinations in Tibet.
Mountain climbers, trekkers, or bikers concerned perhaps with more terrestrial matters would be better served by a book with mile markers, better maps, and more information on lodging.
I was in Tibet in March of 2002 climbing Mt. Nojin Kansa. I had this book; another guy had a book I won't bother (this time) to name. I constantly referred to the other book for mile markers, pass altitudes, international phone providers, etc.
This book will get thee to a nunnery in short order. It will not provide the best maps or travel details.
Rating: 5
Summary: So good I bought it twice!
Comment: At first glance, I thought this guide would be difficult to use as I was so used to the layout of Lonely Planet. However, I quickly adapted to it and found it very informative and reasonably up to date. Most useful was the section on Buddhism when visiting the extraordinary temples in Tibet, as well as advice on routes to take and how to get places. Unfortunately, after a vehicle accident just outside of Lhasa, my book went missing somewhere between the side of the road and the hospital bed (don't let that put you off visiting this remarkable country!). So I was overjoyed when I discovered the guide again in Kathmandu, and bought another copy so I could continue to use it!
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Title: Learning Practical Tibetan by Andrew Bloomfield, Yanki Tshering, Yanki Tsering ISBN: 1559390980 Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Tibetan Phrasebook (Tibetan Phrasebook, 3rd Ed) by Sandup Tsering ISBN: 1740592336 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Tibet Guide: Central and Western Tibet by Stephen Batchelor ISBN: 0861711343 Publisher: Wisdom Publications Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Tibet (Tibet, 5th Ed) by Bradley Mayhew, Monique Choy, J. Bellezza, Tony Wheeler ISBN: 1864501626 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Trekking in Tibet: A Traveler's Guide, Second Edition by Gary McCue, Gary McCue ISBN: 0898866626 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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