My husband and I worked in Gyilong County of Tibet for six hard years in the late 1970s. We enjoyed the right of paid visits to see our parents back in the hometown at certain intervals. We were happy about this program, although we often found such trips were somewhat bittersweet. In the Gyilong County seat of Zong-gar, from autumn to the following spring, there is frequent, heavy snowfall. The snow isolated us from the outside world My husband and I worked in Gyilong County of Tibet for six hard years in the late 1970s. We enjoyed the right of paid visits to see our parents back in the hometown at certain intervals. We were happy about this program, although we often found such Trips were wassome bittersweet. In the Gyilong County seat of Zong-gar, from autumn to the following spring, there is frequently, heavy snowfall. The snow isolated us from the outside world