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Alpine Tour Service

Director: Ugyen Wangd
Bhutan (2005)
Audio: Bhutanese
Subtitles: Japanese
50 min.

Lingshi is a mountain village 4000 mts.(altitude) located in the Greater Himalayas
of Bhutan. It takes a four-day trek into this wilderness. Our protagonist, 49-year-
old Ugen Tenzin has been the postal runner for 26 years.

The documentary follows his track in the winter when the route is snowbound
and in midsummer when the monsoons lash out. Through him the documentary
introduces the yak-rearing community of Lingshi. They live in a pristine
environment. It is difficult yet peaceful with just the bare basic necessities.
Ugen Tenzin walks to the capital of Bhutan ever month. Twelve to fifteen days
are spent on his travel. It has been adventurous and dangerous travelling alone,
sometimes nearly losing his life. But his service has paid dividends.

His 26 years as a postal runner and a steady income have made him fairly
prosperous. Despite the odds, the risk involved, the tiring ascents and descents
of high mountains and valleys, he will continue until retirement. He has seen
and experienced both sides of life in the bustling city and his quiet village. Given
the choice, it's Lingshi, his home that’s best even if it takes four days to get
there

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

(ENVIRONMENT)
* Meltdown
* Leave Nothing but Footprints
* Turf Wars
* Timber to Tibet
(ADVENTURE)
* Riding Solo To The Top Of The
World
* A Higher Calling
* Into the Thunder Dragon
* Farther than the Eye Can See
* Trio for One
* Fatal Game
(POLITICS / HUMAN RIGHTS)
* Thin ice
* Chulo, Choli ra Banduk - a stove,
a blouse and a gun
* Better to Have Been Killed
* The Forbidden Team
* Jashn-e-azadhi (How We
Celebrate Freedom)
* Siachen: A war for Ice
* Tibetan Refugees: A Struggle
Beyond Generations
(POVERTY & DEVELOPMENT)
* Journey of a Red Fridge
* Hami kunako maanche –
We corner people
* A Bridge over the Himalayas
* Yi khel gi kawa
(The Price of a Letter)
* Tingvong: a Lepcha village in
Sikkim
(CULTURE)
* Angry Monk
* Miss Tibet
* Closer than Tibet
* Bhedako Oon Jasto...in search
of a song...

* A man called nomad
* Call it Karma
* Daughters of Wisdom
* Bhutan - Taking the Middle Path
to Happiness