A very general physical map of Bhutan with bold hill shading in shades of grey indicating the relief. The map shows glaciers, peak elevations, passes, rivers, lakes plus main settlements with connecting roads & tracks. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 1° intervals. Map legend is in English. ...

Indexed general map of Bhutan, providing a general overview of main trekking routes. Bold hill-shading indicates the general relief, & light green shading highlights the national park areas. Highways, main roads & selected minor routes are marked, & highlighted in different colours are the trekking routes. Selected peaks passes & altitudes are marked, & a few more symbols denote campsites, post offices, fortresses, monasteries, buddhist monuments, places of interest & airports. Margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 1', & the map corner coordinates are stated. Indexed for place names, fortresses, passes & peaks. Inside the map cover are printed some geographical notes on the country & driving & trekking times between selected locations. ...

Bhutan Trekking Map at 1:400, 000 from the Kathmandu-based Nepa Maps highlighting main trekking routes, national parks & places of interest, plus maps of Thimpu City & the Paro area, etc. Satellite-derived base provides a good representation of the country’s topography; main rivers, peaks & mountain passes are named. National parks & other protected areas are highlighted. The map shows the country’s road network plus highlights & names numerous trekking routes. Symbols indicate locations of base camps, various religious sites, museums, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30’ intervals. The index has separate lists for places, peaks, passes, lakes, base camps, dzongs, monasteries & chortens. Also provided is an enlargement of the Paro area including the international airport, a street plan of Thimpu City indicating locations of hotels & various facilities, tables showing monthly temperatures at various locations, wind chill & heat indexes, plus a list of 27 trekking routes with difficulty rating & altitude change, etc. All the information is in English. ...

Bhutan on an indexed general map at 1:400, 000 from the Kathmandu-based Nepa Maps, showing the country’s administrative dzongkhags (districts) in different colours & with subdivisions into gewogs. Presentation of the road network emphasises main roads &, although selected trekking trails are also marked, several locations are shown on the map without any access to them. Topography is indicated only by names & heights of selected peaks & passes. Locations of various temples are highlighted. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30’ intervals. The map is indexed & in addition

Includes:: a panel listing names of various roads with distances. Also provided are very basic plans of Thimphu City & Paro showing locations of various places of interest & facilities.

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Bhutan at 1:250, 000 on a light, waterproof & tear-resistant map from Reise-Know-How; the map is double-sided with a very generous overlap, indexed, & provides excellent picture of the country’s topography, locations of its nature reserves & numerous places of interest. Topography is presented by altitude colouring with spot heights & names of mountain ranges, peaks, passes, glaciers, etc. Road network

Includes:: unsurfaced local roads & seasonal tracks, & indicates driving distances on main roads. For hikers, the map shows several trails, including the Snowman Trek & the Snowman Trek 2. Local airfields are marked, & internal administrative boundaries are presented with names of the provinces. Symbols highlight various places of interest, including locations with tourist accommodation, religious sites, hot springs, etc, as well as national parks & nature reserves. Longitude & longitude lines are drawn at 15’ intervals. Extensive index of localities has a separate list of national parks & reserves. Map legend

Includes:: English.



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Tucked away between China & India in the heart of the Himalayas, Bhutan remains a relatively little-known country. Few photographers have been granted permission to enter this obscure & long-inaccessible kingdom, where life quietly unfolds to the rhythm of traditions amidst the magnificent, unspoilt landscape. Nearly twenty-five years ago, Matthieu Ricard, a monk & photographer, went to Bhutan to study with Dilgo Khyenste Rinpoche, a highly revered Tibetan Buddhist master & teacher, with whom he spent nearly eight years. During this time, he also came to know Bhutans royal family. He has continued to return to the land of the dragon or Druk-yul as Bhutan is known in Tibetan throughout his life, discovering on each occasion another of its invaluable treasures. As a Buddhist monk, he has not only witnessed religious ceremonies, the life of a great Buddhist master, & exceptional works of art, but has also participated in the daily lives of local villagers. His encounters & experiences are recorded here in this exceptionally beautiful book. ...

The mythology of the events...: a writer's comment on the story of the Biafran conflict. There is nothing mythological about a headless corpse lying on the platform of Enugu railway station; nothing mythological about blood dripping through the floorboards of a passenger lorry, occupants fleeing the Northern massacre; a baby crying herself to death on the concrete floor of an abandoned orphanage. Jim Malia spares the reader little in telling the tale of the nightmare that was Biafra: tribal conflict crushing the hard-won fruits of Independence; military coup followed by massacre, secession blockade, starvation. But there is a brighter side to the story: Christmas 1960, the author's arrival in the country to take up a teaching-post shortly after the granting of independence, Christmas & New Year & Independence celebrations all rolled into one under a bright dry-season sky. Within five short years, the black clouds of warfare were to blot out that brightness. How many now remember Biafra, the first such conflict that television brought into our homes, people staring in wonder at the sight of suffering unseen since the days of the Holocaust? To alleviate that suffering, those same people gave & they gave generously: little girls organising street-concerts for the starving Biafran children; old folk handing over their week's pension intact. Yet as they gave, many asked & still ask: Why? Why this suffering? Why the turmoil of post-colonial Africa? This book is an attempt to answer that question. & as for ' The Memory of the Music'? Read on. ...

Puszcza Bialowieska
- Bialowieza National Park at 1:50, 000 in a series of recreational maps from Poland’s Army Cartographic Service.
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Bialowieza Forest, straddling the border between Poland & Belarus, is the largest remaining part of the ancient forests which used to cover vast areas of Europe & the last remaining habitat of the European bison. The area is also one of the centres of eco-tourism in Pol&. The map covers the National Park area on the Belorussian side of the of the border & the town of Bialowieza in Pol&. It shows local hiking paths, various types of accommodation, including hotels & campsites, restaurants, petrol stations, places of interest, tourist information centres, checkpoints, etc. Relief contours & general topographic details are complemented by many symbols & colours to indicate the variety & distribution habitats in the region. Sites for watching specific birds are given particular attention. Coverage extends for about 30km east of the border. The part lying to the south of Bialowieza is on the reverse side of the sheet.nb. No grid lines are provided to aid navigation. On the reverse are notes on the local habitats & natural history, with English translation. Published by the North Podlasian Society for Bird Protection. ...

Detailed map for hiking & bird spotting in the Polish part of the Bialowieza Forest straddling the border between Poland & Belarus, the largest remaining part of ancient forests which used to cover vast areas of Europe & the last remaining habitat of the European bison. The area is also one of the centres of eco-tourism in Pol&. The map, published by North Podlasian Society for Bird Protection, covers the Polish part of the forest including the National Park area & the town of Hajnowka. It shows local hiking paths, various types of accommodation including hotels & campsites, restaurants, car service stations, places of interest, tourist information centres, etc. Relief contours & general topographic details are complemented by many symbols & colours to indicate the variety & distribution of different habitats in the region. Sites for watching specific birds are given particular attention. On the reverse are notes & illustrations on the local habitats & natural history. ...