My Tibetan servant Pa-sang ("Friday"), with friends.

A street in Phari, Tibet, sometimes called the "highest, windiest, dirtiest city in the world".

Crumbling watch towers dot the landscape along the trail to Lhasa.

In the courtyard of a Tibetan house, as seen from my window.

The fort of Nangartse, on the trail to Lhasa in central Tibet.

A pilgrim passing along the Sacred Way, around the Potala at Lhasa. Note that the path is lined with carved stone and other religious objects.

Nepalese porters with supplies for China, near the summit of Natu pass, at the frontier of India and Tibet.