Trekking from Gyantse to Samye
When I’m walking alone over a long distance, with no need to adjust my pace for other people, my subconscious takes over; it works out how far I have to go and then sets my body at the optimum speed …
A double life in Lhasa
This is chapter 30 from my Tibet memoir in which I make the transition from a debauched life in Lhasa and head into the mountains…
What followed was a nightmare. I could hardly control my feelings of panic and confusion; …
New Yorkers in Tibet
This is Chapter 29 from my memoir about hustling for work in Tibet in which I describe my American friends, some of whom you might not approve of…
The next morning I hung around the Cheese Factory and kept a …
Trying to make a phone call in Tibet
At the Kirey Hotel, the most expensive place to stay in the old town, I met a charming Tibetan who had been educated at an English-style private school in the Indian city of Chandigargh. Hundreds of thousands of Tibetans had …
Tea in Heinrich Harrer’s house – podcast
This is chapter 27 from the eBook version of Tibet memoir. Podcast above, text version below. Hope you like it.
I was surprised that they let me back into the Pemba truck stop and even more surprised when they …
You can’t get a job here! Podcast
This is chapter 26 from my memoir 9 Months in Tibet. If you click on the thing above you can hear me reading it — it takes less that four minutes — or you can read the text below …
