Shangri-La - a Tibetan word meaning "Land of Sacredness and Peace." Where is Shangri-La? Was it real? Did it exist? Buddy Hatton follows the path of James Hilton's inspiration of his novel Lost Horizon. The journey for the search includes: Hong Kong with its national pastime of eating and shopping; Guilin, famous for the world's most mystic mountain ranges; Lijiang, and ancient city that's an UNESCO World Heritage Site; Kunming, known for its 270 million year old Stone Forest;and Zhongdian, the newly renamed city of Shrangri-La where Buddhists and trekkers make pilgrimages to the monastery modeled after the one in Lhasa, Tibet. Journey with us in search of Shangri-la!
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