Nothing could have prepared Paula for what happened on her Himalayan adventure. As an inconceivable chain of events escalated in severity, the travel insurance company that was paid to save her nearly caused her death. Caught between the insurance company and the Chinese government, Paula became a hostage in a Tibetan hospital. Follow Paula’s footsteps from San Francisco to the Himalayas and back as she transforms from a luxury traveler to an insignificant number on an insurance policy. It was an unexpected and unassuming support team that came to her rescue. Paula Zacher has had a passion for travel since her first trip at age six. She was raised in Fresno, California but after graduating from UC Berkeley in the revolutionary '60's, she kept on moving and never looked back. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area but often leaves to feed her travel bug. Apparently not even a near-death experience can stop her.