Program 305a: Radio Shangri-La in Bhutan; Tibet on the Edge; Pico Iyer: Lonely Places

Lisa Napoli tells us about the Himalayas and her time helping to start a radio station in Bhutan. Photographer Phil Borges describes how much things have changed on a recent return to rural Tibet and what's threatening its indigenous people.  Also, author Pico Iyer explains the appeal of spending time in some of the world's least likely places for tourism.

• Lisa Napoli, author of "Radio Shangri-La:  What I Learned on My Accidental Journey to the Happiest Kingdom on Earth"  (Broadway Books)
• Photographer Phil Borges, author of "Tibet:  Culture on the Edge"   (Rizzoli)
• Pico Iyer, author of numerous articles and books, including  "Falling off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World" and "The Man Within My Head"  (Random House)

• Lisa Napoli's book about her work helping to start Radio Kuzoo in Bhutan is called "Radio Shangri La."
• Phil Borges recommends Tibet FIT Travel as a specialist to make official travel arrangements and permits to enter Tibet. 
• Washington Monthly discusses how tourism to Tibet undergirds the Chinese occupation.
• Pico Iyer's book "Falling off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World" was published in 1993.  His latest book is "The Man Within My Head."
• Samples of Pico Iyer's observations about the world are on his own website at PicoIyerJourneys.com.
• Pico Iyer has an entry on Wikipedia.