Ian Baker (1)

Jan Baker an intrepid explorer and mountaineer, inspired by Tibetan termas, chronicles his search to the door of Shangri-la in the Himalayas. He and his team sloughed through the rough terrain of Pemaka in Tibet into snake infested forests with gnats and mosquitos, blood sucking worms and leeches. Fog and rain were their constant companions. They also faced beaurocratic road blocks from hard headed Chinese officials and enigmatic responses from Buddhists lamas and abbots. His pilgrimage is well worth reading since his excursion may be one of the last to describe an until-now unknown refuge as China begins to modernize Tibet.… (meer)