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This
presentation is
the travelogue
of a geologist
visiting the
Himalayan
Mountains in
Nepal and Tibet.
Starting in
Kathmandu and
traveling to
Beijing, at very
high altitudes,
between 5,000
feet and 16,000
feet above sea
level, the
author takes the
audience through
the picturesque
physiographic
provinces of the
Himalayan
Mountains, their
rivers, rocks,
small towns, and
religious
places. Mount
Kailash (abode
of Hindu God
Shiva),
Mansarover (the
lake created by
the Hindu God
Brahma) and
Potala palace
(Buddhist
Monastery in
Lhasa) are the
important
religious places
visited by the
author during
his journey.
These places are
equally
important for
the Hindus and
Buddhist
pilgrims around
the world. The
journey
continues from
Lhasa to Beijing
on the world’s
only railroad
that travels at
the top of the
world (at
altitudes of
15,000 feet
plus) and
constructed and
opened only a
few years ago.
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