Yak Butter and Black Tea : A Journey into Tibet Book

This is written by and is about an American named Wade Brackenbury who backpacked into Tibet in search of an area never before visited by foreigners called the Drung Valley. His first trip with a French man named Pasqual failed before reaching the destination due to arrest and deportation. In the late 1990's the Chinese government were attempting to expand their influence and territory promising that those areas would be self ruled as before but aided and influenced by China. China instead became an occupying, authoritarian regime whose abuses were meant to remain unknown to the world. Foreign travelers were not allowed. Their second attempt was with a woman named Sophie who was along to help with translating. They got further this time by evading authorities and being good liars and charmers but Pasqual lacked the ability to take risks with solo traveling so they failed again. Finally, Wade was successful by traveling by himself. This adventure story was interesting in that it was about indigenous people living simple isolated lives in a part of the world I will probably never see.