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I always liked challenges, whether in the work that earns me my bread and butter, or in the “love of my life,” photography. To me, Buddhism was an unknown, mystical religion. The person of the current Dalai Lama, who ruled Tibet from Lhasa until 1959, made me interested in Tibet. It became a new challenge to get to know that unknown, distant world, the Tibetan Plateau. I spent a week in Tibet, and some more time in other provinces of China. From Lhasa to Mount Everest, I came to see many monasteries and regions. The status of Tibet is special among the provinces of China. I had to obtain a special permit to enter it. The high mountains were themselves another challenge, what with a level of oxygen I had not been used to. All these hardships were offset by the great material I managed to collect, from which a selection of 21 photos are now presented in Salgótarján.