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!