Bibliograph

The dragon run, two Canadians, ten Bhutanese, one stray dog, Tony Robinson-Smith

Type

Label

The dragon run, two Canadians, ten Bhutanese, one stray dog, Tony Robinson-Smith

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The dragon run

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Tony Robinson-Smith

Series statement

Wayfarer

Sub title

two Canadians, ten Bhutanese, one stray dog

Summary

Tony Robinson-Smith, his wife Nadya, and Ten Bhutanese College students set out to run 578 kilometres (360 miles) across the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas. Joined by a stray dog, they slogged over five mountain passes, bathed in ice-clogged streams, ate over log fires, and stopped at every store, restaurant, guesthouse, and dzong to raise money for the Tarayana Foundation. The "Tara-thon" was the first endeavor of its kind and gave 350 village children the chance to go to school. En route, the Long Distance Dozen met a Buddhist lama, a royal prince, a Tibetan renegade, and a matriarch who told them the secret to long life. On arrival in Thimphu, they were decorated by Her Majesty the Queen. In this contemplative memoir, Tony describes Bhutan in rich detail at a transformative period in its history and reflects on tradition, belief, modernization, and happiness

Target audience

adult

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