Tag: himalaya

(Zurich/Pacheco, University Press of Kentucky, 2006) Book description… “A sweeping overview of the geography, economics, politics, and culture of this spectacular region, the Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya is the first full-color, comprehensive atlas of contemporary land and life in the Earth’s highest mountains. Drawing from the authors’ twenty-five years of scholarship and personal experience in the region, the volume contains a stunning and unique collection of informative maps based on state-of-the-art cartography, exquisite photography, […]

Netflix description: A film about the state of Chinese-occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance… Ten years in the making, this feature-length documentary was filmed during nine remarkable journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. Taking viewers to the long-forbidden “rooftop of the world” with an unprecedented richness of imagery, the film powerfully chronicles the dark secrets of Tibet’s recent past through interviews, personal stories and archival images. My thoughts… It was excellent: disturbing, […]

Netflix description: “Director David Lean’s sweeping epic is set in a Japanese World War II prison camp where British POWs are forced to construct a railway bridge as a morale-building exercise.” My thoughts… I watched this because I’ll be in Bangkok and want to visit the River Kwai. I thought it was a stupid film, but maybe that’s because I’m a girl and it’s a Boy Movie.