Beyond Suez : Permission Not Granted

Beyond Suez is a collection of stories from Meg Drummond Ross, this intrepid traveller. So what are they about? * Shillong—a pilgrimage. An attempt to follow in my parent’s footsteps. * Bhutan—a visit to this once remote country. * Finding Grandmother—a quest for the author’s grandmother. * Diet with a difference—an experience in Lhasa. * Nepal—trekking in the Himalayas. * Kashmir & Ladakh—life on a houseboat. * Dusty road to Dharamsala—a meeting with the Dalai Lama. * Darjeeling—No permit. Not allowed. * South India—visit to an Ashram. * Russia— a train trip to Russia via China and Mongolia. * The Boat People—fiction based on fact about the escape of Vietnamese refugees.