Curious Encounters of the Human Kind - Himalaya: True Asian Tales of Folly, Greed, Ambition and Dreams

Sochaczewski, Paul Spencer

ISBN 10: 2940573077 / ISBN 13: 9782940573073

Published by Explorer's Eye Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Curious Encounters of the Human Kind - Himalaya: True Asian Tales of Folly, Greed, Ambition and Dreams
• Publisher: Explorer's Eye Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2940573077
• ISBN 13: 9782940573073
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

What's a woman to do when a Hindu god doesn't return her mountain? Would you risk your life by hugging a tree? How do you find a nameless young girl you first met (for five minutes) twenty-six years earlier? For environmental consciousness, should we trust the international bureaucrats or a Bhutanese farmer? Does the yeti illuminate the dark side of our souls? Why do we have an urge to "rid the land of demons"? How do "often frothy" phalluses protect Bhutanese villagers?

This is the Himalayan region as you've probably never imagined, full of memorable people, startling happenings, and unexpected moments of humanity and introspection, giddiness and solemnity, avarice and ambition.

About the Author

Paul Spencer Sochaczewski has written Share Your Journey, An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, The Sultan and the Mermaid Queen, Redheads, Soul of the Tiger (co-authored with Jeff McNeely), and other acclaimed books, along with some six hundred bylined articles in leading international publications. He has lived and worked in more than eighty countries, including long stints in Southeast Asia.

Visit Paul at: 
sochaczewski.com