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 …