Adrian Abbotts' account of his and his wife's journey to Tibet is much more than a straight travelogue. Smuggled in illegally by Chinese truck drivers, they set out to discover the true Tibet beneath the sanitised face the Chinese government would have the world believe.While bringing to the world's attention the plight of a unique culture under one of the most brutal regimes in Asia, Adrian Abbotts has written a sympathetic and moving account of the history, culture and traditions of this beautiful land, exposing also the uncompromising nature of the Chinese dragon, itself formed thousands of years ago.Far from being a distant mountain realm of little significance, he shows the importance of Tibet as one of the world's major spiritual centres, a land trapped at the political crossroads of Central Asia, India and China, but with a proud and independent history. Read Less