It was a publishing sensation. Even better, the book’s backstory was an exciting adventure. A Russian aristocrat named Nicolas Notovitch had been covering the Russo-Turkish conflict of 1877–78 as a war correspondent when he decided to set off for northern India via the Balkans, Persia and Afghanistan. Nearly a decade later, when he had finally […]
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Rula Lenska: 18 years ago I went to Tibet for two weeks on a life-changing adventure
WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE HOLIDAY? I’ve been a Buddhist for nearly 30 years and 18 years ago I went to Tibet for two weeks on a life-changing adventure. We started in Kathmandu in Nepal and finished in the city of Lhasa, We covered more than 600 kilometres with a combination of four-wheel drive vehicles, […]
Why don’t planes fly over Tibet? Dangerous truth behind flight path ban REVEALED
In 2017 there are hardly any corners of the globe that planes don’t reach. But one flight path pilots won’t make is over Tibet. The autonomous region sits in western China, sharing the border of Mount Everest with Nepal. Tibet has been nicknamed the ‘Roof of the World’ thanks to its towering Himalayan peaks. It’s […]