Search for Shangri-La leads explorers to a philosophical discovery

Its mystic appeal has long endured, but what and where is Shangri-La Laurence Brahm asked such questions during his first search for the lost mythical kingdom in 2002, but the answers he received were confused. A grand hotel," says one. "Paradise," says another.

"A hidden country," tries a third.

Some people even gave Brahm, a lawyer-turned-explorer, a question of their own, "Does it really exist?"