Radio Shangri-La: What I Discovered on my Accidental Journey to the Happiest Kingdom on Earth Audiobook (Free)

Lisa Napoli was in the hold of a crisis, dissatisfied with her lifestyle and her work as a radio journalist. Whenever a opportunity encounter with a attractive stranger offered her with a chance to move halfway around the world, Lisa left out cosmopolitan LA for a fresh experience in the ancient Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan-said to become among the happiest locations on earth.

Long isolated from industrialization and just starting to open its doors to the modern world, Bhutan is a deeply about Radio Shangri-La: What I Discovered in my Accidental Journey towards the Happiest Kingdom on Earth spiritual place, devoted to environmental conservation and focused on the happiness of its people-in fact, Bhutan measures its success in Gross National Happiness instead of in GNP. In a country with out a one traffic light, its residents are thought to be among the most articles in the world. To Lisa, it appeared to be a location that offered the contrary of her fast-paced existence in america, where the loud din of sound-bite information and cell phones dominate our days, and meaningful discussion is a rare commodity; where many people are connected in digitally, yet rarely connects with the people around them.

Thousands of mls away from everything and everyone she knows, Lisa creates a fresh community for herself. As she really helps to begin Bhutan’s initial youth-oriented radio train station, Kuzoo FM, she must comprehend her conflicting feelings about the influence from the medium on a country that had been shielded from its results. Immersing herself in Bhutan’s quickly changing culture, Lisa realizes that her very own perspective on existence can be changing as well-and that she is discovering the sense of purpose and joy that she’s 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 how the world is a lovely and complicated place-and comes to appreciate her life for the experience it is.