from the tibetan plateau into the western himalayas

this summer a group of ten phd students will accompany five scholars of tibetan art history, architecture, history and religious and cultural studies on a monthlong trip across central and western tibet. starting in lhasa, we will head west, continuing past mount kailash until we reach the kingdoms of guge in western tibet. along the way, we will be visiting monasteries and the ruins of monastic sites from lhasa all the way into the western himalayas.

while it is unclear how feasible it will be to upload details of the trip as we progress, i will use this site to share images, observations and experiences when and as possible. using a gps lent to me by my friend (and my major sponsor for this trip) ed murphy, i will be collecting geocoding information for each site visited, and will later post links to satellite images of each site.

for more on this tibet site seminar, visit http://www.princeton.edu/TibetSem/region.htm