Lisa Napoli - Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Ha

Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth

by Lisa Napoli, read by the author


# Unabridged edition 2011
# Duration: 7 hours and 40 minutes
# MP3 64 kbps
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# EPUB + MOBI included.


Lisa Napoli was in the grip of a crisis, dissatisfied with her life
and her work as a radio journalist. When a chance encounter with a
handsome stranger presented her with an opportunity to move halfway
around the world, Lisa left behind cosmopolitan Los Angeles for a new
adventure in the ancient Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan - said to be one
of the happiest places on earth.

Long isolated from industrialization and just beginning to open its
doors to the modern world, Bhutan is a deeply spiritual place, devoted
to environmental conservation and committed to the happiness of its
people - in fact, Bhutan measures its success in Gross National
Happiness rather than in GNP. In a country without a single traffic
light, its citizens are believed to be among the most content in the
world. To Lisa, it seemed to be a place that offered the opposite of
her fast-paced life in the United States, where the noisy din of
sound-bite news and cell phones dominate our days, and meaningful
conversation is a rare commodity; where everyone is plugged in
digitally, yet rarely connects with the people around them.

Thousands of miles away from everything and everyone she knows, Lisa
creates a new community for herself. As she helps to start Bhutan's
first youth-oriented radio station, Kuzoo FM, she must come to terms
with her conflicting feelings about the impact of the medium on a
country that had been shielded from its effects. Immersing herself in
Bhutan'ss rapidly changing culture, Lisa realizes that her own
perspective on life is changing as well - and that she is discovering
the sense of purpose and joy that she has been yearning for.

In this smart, heartfelt, and beautifully written book, sure to
please fans of transporting travel narratives and personal memoirs
alike, Lisa Napoli discovers that the world is a beautiful and
complicated place-and comes to appreciate her life for the adventure
it is.



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