beyond the sky and the earth a journey into bhutan

She tells, with humour, of the everyday prejudices she was forced to overcome as a white woman abroad and writes with genuine awe about the beauty of Bhutan.

Jamie Zeppa has written a book about the difficulties of living within an alien culture, far away from the security of 'home'. Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan (London: Macmillan, 1999). The unpronouncable language, bizarre local customs and basic living conditions all conspired to make her miserably home-sick but the young chidren she was supposedly teaching eventually took her in hand and taught her to cook on an antiquated gas stove: their grateful families gave her fresh fruit and vegetables and Jamie finally discovered that she was surrounded by friends in a beautiful location. bhutiA location: Bhutan, Nepal, India, especially Sikkim and West Bengal. Arriving in a place like Bhutan, the tiny Buddhist kingdom in the eastern Himalayas, requires a series of. The first months were nightmarish and Jamie existed on a meagre diet of crackers and boiled water for fear of catching tape worm or worse. Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan. Bhutan is a notoriously difficult country to visit as a tourist, and the opportunity to live there was one Jamie could not ignore - despite apprehension about leaving her boyfriend and family behind. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this. Jamie Zeppa made a life-altering decision at the age of 24 when she left an academic career to join a two-year teaching programme for young Canadians in Bhutan. Beyond the Sky and the Earth- A Journey Into Bhutan.

Beyond the sky and the earth a journey into bhutan