This extraordinary new budget guide to the Tibetan world comes with over 280 tried and tested maps covering the entire region. These will take you on a tour of the Jokhang or the Potala Palace in the sacred city of Lhasa or travel with you as you tackle the ultimate pilgrimage to sacred Mt. Kailash, source of Asia's great rivers. To get a feel of ancient Tibetan culture outside of Tibet, why not journey to the isolated "Dragon Kingdom" of Bhutan or trek to Everest base camp in the Nepalese Himalayas. The Tibetan way of life is also alive and well in the Indian towns of Leh, Dharamsala, Darjeeling, and Gangtok and this book takes you to them all.

* Get off the beaten track: With over 280 highly detailed, tried and tested maps.
* Get there & get around: Hundreds of pages of travel information. Plus gateway cities: New Delhi, Calcutta, Chengdu, Kunming, Kathmandu & Pokhara.
* Keep to your budget: Hotel tariffs, tour & trekking costs, permit & visa charges.
* Pack everything in: Cultural, historical and religious explanations, festival dates, sights & more...

Mapping the Tibetan World, Gavin Allwright, Yukiyasu Osada, Kotan Publishing, Paperback, 416 pp, $23.95

Born and raised in Aichi, central Japan, Yukiyasu Osada made his first trip to Tibet in 1987 while a student at Waseda University, Tokyo. He is a Tibet tour guide and a freelance writer.

Atsushi Kanamaru has visited over 20 countries including Tibet, China, Nepal and India. As a former student of Japan's Waseda University, he is now an editor residing in Tokyo.