Tibet and Nepal

A.H. Savage Landor recounts his travel experiences across Tibet and Nepal. The book opens with the author stating why he chose to embark on?such?an?expedition?and?how?he?went?about?recruiting?his?team.

The work is dotted with incidents and challenges that Landor had encountered and thus, this travelogue makes for an interesting and am­using read, as he has been quite candid in his expressions and descriptions. Also, he makes no effort to hide his own inadequacies, fears, and worries. In addition to narrating his journey, he has also described the local population, their physical features and mentality, culinary habits, customs, games, the villages, flora and fauna, lamas and monasteries, and even dogs. We read of altitude sickness, avalanches, hostilities, and hindrances that he faced from the political entities, and administra­tion,?as?well?as?the?local?populace.

Landor's style is easy, engaging, and casual, and his work at times borders between a travelogue and a novel, as it also contains dialogues. This book is well-illustrated with numerous paintings and sketches, all done by the author himself, of portraits of ordinary Nepalese men and women, lamas, and beautiful landscapes of glaciers, the author's camp, Tibetan?temples,?Tibetan?goats,?Tibetan?dogs,?Nui?Glacier, etc.