Guidebooks
- Lonely Planet
LP remains a bible for many travelers in Asia as it provides plenty of practical and cultural info. To get updates, visit LP’s website’s forum.South-West China, 2002
This guide focuses on Yunnan and adjacent provinces of Sichuan, Guangxi and Guangzhou. Tibet, 2002
- Yunnan, Dominique Roland, Asiahorizons, ISBN: 974-88415-2-9
Despite its 2001 publication, this paperback guidebook still gives some useful info to travel Yunnan. You can buy it in Thailand (Asia Books shops), Yunnan (Chama Bar next to the Camellia Hotel in Kunming and in « ‘Mandarin Bookshops » of Kunming, Dali and Lijiang) or order it to the publisher, Asiahorizons
- Tibet handbook with Bhutan, Footprint Handbooks, juin 2001
Full of practical and cultural info, this guide covers all the Tibet Autonomous Region, including eastern provinces of Kham and Amdo.
- Phrasebooks
Mandarin Phrasebook: Harrap’s, Rough Guide, Lonely Planet
Tibetan phrasebook, Lonely Planet
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