Tibet A Woman's Lone Trek Across a Mysterious Land

This is the incredible story of a solo journey across the rooftop of the world - a trek into an exotic land long hidden from Western eyes.Sorrel Wilby began a successful career in photo-journalism when she travelled around Asia on her bicycle. Local magazines loved her stories and phototgraphs, and spread the epxloits of this engaging young Australian with the broad smile and the enterprising spirit.Surprising and unexpected co-operation by the Chinese authorities led her to the fabled city of Lhasa, and there she planned her expedition to cross Tibet on foot - Tibet, the country of lowering snow-capped peaks, deep valleys and barren, deserted plains.Sorrels's meetings with Tibet's nomadic herdsmen and the close friendships she formed with their families and with the Tibetan farmers and townspeople, and her enounters with the Han Chinese occupiers of Tibet, make a fascinating story. She also tells of the inreasing self-awareness she gained through the hardships, loneliness and the many joys of her journey.