"Want to know more about the world s highest town that is also the birthplace of important lamas; the world s largest monastery and highest slum; a Beauty Valley famed since antiquity for its good-looking and strong-minded women; a pilgrim circuit once terrorized by bandit monks; and a small town that gave birth to China s favourite love song? Then grab a copy of The Other Shangri-La. It is a lucidly-written narrative of Shivaji Das and his wife s adventurous journey through the Sino-Tibetan frontier land of western Sichuan."