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Under the holy lake : a memoir of eastern Bhutan / Ken Haigh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haigh, Ken, 1962- author.
- Series:
- Wayfarer Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Haigh, Ken, 1962---Travel--Bhutan.
- Haigh, Ken.
- Teachers--Bhutan--Biography.
- Teachers.
- Bhutan--Civilization.
- Bhutan.
- Bhutan--Social life and customs.
- Bhutan--Description and travel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations, photographs
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Experience a Canadian teacher's transformative years teaching in the remote Himalayan village of Khaling, Bhutan.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- One Welcome to Khaling
- Two Teach Them To Think!
- Three Not Exactly an Apartment
- Four Learning the Ropes
- Five An Accidental Area
- Six Looking for Dewa
- Seven Monsoon Diary
- Eight Culture Shock
- Nine Khaling Gompa
- Ten Double Miracle at Dochu-La
- Eleven Master of the Day
- Twelve The Rodent Control Expert
- Thirteen The Dreadful Fate
- Fourteen The Road Changes Everything
- Fifteen The Holy Lake
- Sixteen Snakes, Parasites, and Other Neighbours
- Seventeen Diplomatic Dinners
- Eighteen Khaling Tsetchu
- Nineteen The DoppelgÄNger
- Twenty The Dreadful FÊTe
- Twenty-One Samdrup Jongkhar
- Twenty-Two Christmas in Sakteng
- Twenty-Three Therefore Our Everlasting Farewell Take
- Afterword and Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Glossary
- Suggested Readings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-88864-633-X
- OCLC:
- 980835417
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