Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan (Thumb Indexed and Thumb Indexed and Updated to Include New D )

Title: Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan (Thumb Indexed and Thumb Indexed and Updated to Include New D )
Author: Zeppa, Jamie
ISBN: 9781573221184
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Published: 1999
Binding: Regular Hardback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
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Publisher Description:
At the age of twenty-two, Jamie Zeppa, raised in a small Canadian town by her grandparents, engaged to be married, never having left the North American continent, decided to embark on one great adventure before settling down for a happy, if conventional, life. She sought a place at the outer reaches of the globe and the outer limits of her imagination and ended up in Bhutan, a tiny Buddhist kingdom closed to the West for centuries, an unspoiled land of Himalayan peaks and lush valleys.

Jamie Zeppa went to Bhutan as a teacher on a two-year Canadian government contract. During her early weeks of hardship and disorientation, this neophyte traveler was on the verge off packing it in. After a Few weeks more, however, the country and its people worked their alchemy on her; she canceled her trip home for Christmas and requested an extension of her contract. In time, she broke off her engagement. After two years, she was not only in love with the country but also with a young Bhutanese man.