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Nomad life
Though Tibetan nomads are becoming fewer and fewer each year, they can still be found across the Tibetan Plateau. Nomad life is simple, but difficult. Hardships include yaks dying from disease, yaks...
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Why not Amdo and Kham??
As you are probably aware of by now, Lhasa and the rest of the Tibet Autonomous Region is closed indefinitely to foreign travelers (UPDATE: The region reopened in July 2012). There is no telling at...
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Amnye Machen
Amnye Machen ཨ་མྱིས་རྨ་ཆེན་ is the highest mountain in the Amdo region of Tibet and is considered to be one of the holiest mountains in Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in the remote and rugged Golok...
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Labrang Monastery
Labrang Monastery བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་དགོན་པ་ is the largest monastery in the traditional Tibetan region of Amdo. Established in 1709, Labrang housed over 4000 monks at its peak, but now only has around 1500...
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Tibet Photography Adventure: June 8th to June 22nd, 2013
Plateau Photo Tours, which I co-own, will be hosting a Kham Tibet Overland Journey from June 8th to June 22nd, 2013. This adventure will take you through some of the most stunning scenerey and best...
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Langmusi
Langmusi, known in Tibetan as Taktsang Lhamo སྟག་ཚང་ལྷ་མོ་, or just Lhamo, is a small village straddling the border of Gansu and Sichuan in the Amdo Region of the Tibetan Plateau. Sitting at 3325m,...
View ArticleTibetan Men from the Everest Region
I recently spent the afternoon with a fantastic group of about 40 men who live about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Tibet-side of Mt. Everest.
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