I'm headed to Lhasa from Yunnan tomorrow, and I'm hoping to stay in Tibet for a month or two to do some serious trekking. Unfortunately, I didn't know I was headed to Tibet 8 months ago when this trip started, and I didn't buy a Tibet Trekking Guidebook. Anything related to maps in Tibet is hard to find in China for obvious reasons.

Is anyone in Lhasa with a copy of 'Tibet Handbook: A Pilgramage Guide' by Chan or 'Trekking in Tibet' by McCue that I could beg, borrow, or buy? I'm assuming these books aren't easily available in Tibet, but if anyone has information to the contrary I'd be glad to hear it.

Alternately, is anyone headed to Lhasa in the next week (4-12 April) that might be able to pick up and bring a copy of one of these books? I'd pay for the service, of course...in beer or kwai, whichever you prefer.

Thanks for the help,

Andris

Finding maps of Tibet in China is very easy. Every book store from Beijing to Urumqi will have them. Finding them in English is what is difficult.

Life in Tibet

Sorry, you're right...I should have been more clear. I had very detailed, small scale maps in mind when I posted. I've heard that some exist, but that they are difficult to find in China. As for finding the two trekking books I mentioned in Lhasa, prospects don't look good.

Man, if someone could get 100 copies of "Trekking in Tibet" to Lhasa somehow, they could make a killing selling them. That, and water purificiation tablets. I've found those pretty difficult to come by in China as well.

Andris