![]() Where do these isolated monks get the money for these luxuries, and how do they get the giant bathtubs up a steep mountain that must be ascended single-file using ropes? Chang is ever so polite, but all their questions go unanswered. ![]() The latest in modern plumbing and conveniences. Shangri-La has every conceivable comfort: books and music to sooth the soul. ![]() Flying at dangerous altitudes into the serene but remote Himalayan Mountains, making a mysterious stop for an armed refuel, and then crash landing 28,000 feet on the Karakul Mountain leaves the group stranded, freezing, and sure to die until a contingent of men, led by the Chinese Lama Chang, appear and usher them to the isolated lamasery of Shangri-La. ![]() When their pilot gets jumped at the last minute and a new man with a gun takes over the plane, however, a very different journey unfolds. A group of four, including the famous World War I hero and current diplomat Hugh Conway, must hastily board a tiny, single engine aircraft to be flown to the relative peacefulness of Peshawar. The situation in Baskul, China has deteriorated into all out warfare. ![]() Rating: Lamas, Long Life, and the Moderately Heretical ![]()
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