All Roads Lead East

This is the story of a journey to the East by a young Englishman in the 60's and early 70's, a journey that was perhaps typical of that time, of a striving for escape from a materialistic way of life in a search for the meaning of life. Three attempts are made to reach India, the third being successful. Among many experiences and adventures are a perilous passage through Laos during the Vietnam War to Cambodia and a life-changing confrontation with the ancient world at an almost deserted Angkor; standing on the head of the Giant Buddha at Bamiyan in Afghanistan; living in a paradisiacal retreat in a rainforest; and reaching India on a ship filled with pilgrims and exploring temples and ashrams, studying yoga, and attending a World Parliament of Religions. Work to pay for these travels is on the frontier north of Australia and through a winter in the Yukon.

• | Author: Richard Neil Shaw
• | Publisher: Papaya Books
• | Publication Date: Dec 13, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 500 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Travel
• | ISBN-10: 0993572901
• | ISBN-13: 9780993572906