News and Views on Tibet in America and beyond. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Chinese authorities have refused to release the body of a Tibetan lama who died in a Chinese prison, prompting a sit-in outside the prison by more than 100 Tibetans, a pro-Tibet rights group said Wednesday. Calls to the prison were unanswered Wednesday.

Cycle Tibet - Lhasa to Kathmandu. Note the road at the bottom right going up to Everest Basecamp. It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011. My passion is to discover beautiful, unusual jewelry for my online store. I seek out designers, research trends, and look at hundreds of pieces of jewelry every day. I thought it would be fun to share my top ten current favorites with you.