Once upon a time, I started binge buying outdated copies of Lonely Planet for $1 each on eBay, so I could learn more about places and decide where to go. One of those guide books was for Tibet.
The more I read about Tibet, the more I wanted to go. But finding out that you cannot travel independently made it seem like a huge production that I did not want to deal with. So my Lonely Planet Tibet guide book sat untouched for a few years.
Then one day, I came across a blog post by someone who had traveled from Tibet to Nepal with a tour group. Reading his post made it sound so completely simple and a lot more affordable than I would have guessed it to be.
