TIBET

The 3,000 kilometer chain of the Himalayas have prevented passage to life-giving monsoon rains and foreign invaders alike. North of their ramparts the land suddenly and dramatically changes to the dry and unforgiving high altitude wilderness of the Tibetan Plateau. This most isolated region in the world, the earth's highest ecosystem and one of its last remaining wild places defies belief in its stark beauty and grandeur.

Its people also are some of the most resilient and self sufficient. Their spiritual riches and deep religious convictions grew a cohesive and peaceful society in balance with itself and nature, alone and undisturbed on the Roof of the World. These riches, physical and spiritual, live on in Tibet's fabulous gilded monasteries, holy places and monuments