The rarest book I own is a century old copy of to Lhasa in Disguise. It’s the account of a young explorer/lecturer who snuck into Tibet.
Best I can do is $2.50
so, what happened while he was in tibet? anything cool?
>>24837703Sherpas snickered behind his back. Saw through his disguise right off.
>>24837713did he spend any time describing tea?
>>24837537Kino beard. There's this fascinating subgenre of travel memoirs where some Westerner dresses up and pretends to be a native and sneaks into places he's not supposed to go, most famously Richard Burton in Mecca, Medina, and Harar in the 1850s. Interesting to note that Somalia was described by him as one of the most dangerous places in Africa in his time and it's not much different today, it's there that he got speared through the face by a tribesman. If there's any other works anyone knows in this subgenre that are worth reading let me know
>>24837537I adore travelogues. I have a rare book from 2 centuries ago, but it is hardly prestigious so no one should care and I have never thought about that until now.
>>24837971Thesiger also took this approach too, much later, but failed to penetrate Oman on every attempt.
>>24837699>Right, lemme call a buddy of mine, he's the best in the world and indeed universe in this field, get him over here to take a look this item5 seconds later>Ah here he is
Cool. There's also Alexandra David-Néel's writings of (her visit to) Tibet
>>24837715I like Sherpa tea, when I was in the Himalayas. It had butter and salt in it, very refreshing
