Leaving the Vale of Kashmir, Isabella Bird travels into the high Tibetan country of Ladakh, through Shergol and Leh to the remote valley of Nubra. She describes monasteries, manners and customs, the climate and land, and such details as Tibetan butter tea churned with salt.
A short, vivid book by one of the most intrepid travellers of the century; her views of local peoples are frankly Victorian. Download the free EPUB.