Mount Kailas and the Centre of the Universe. The Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Bön-po religions look to a common centre of their universe: Kailas, the remotest mountain of all.

Kandze - Tibetan heartland. The homelands of the Khampa Tibetan warriors, Kham today is the borderland where China and Tibet mix.

• Letters from Tibet.
• Aid to Tibet Field Visit 2000 (taken from Tibet Foundation newsletter No. 31)
• Picture gallery

Krakow and Malopolska. Where the polish plains rise into the Capatharian Mountains, Malopolska - little Poland - represents a microcosm of Central Europe.

The Karakoram Highway. Linking China to Pakistan, the Karakoram Highway cuts through some of the most accessible yet least spoilt mountains in Asia.

Route 219 - Between the kingdoms. Route 219 tenuously links Lhasa and Kashgar via some of the remotest and highest terrains in the world.

Uzbekistan and the Silk Route. What makes the Stans special?

Istanbul - meeting of East and West.

Gadanni Beach - where ships meet their makers. A shallow beach overlooking the oil-lanes of the Arabian Sea is where much of the world's shipping meets it's end at the hands of an army of destitute workers.

Central Asia - Centre of Periphery?