Shangri-La Shangri-La Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise, particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia – a permanently happy land, isolated from the world. In the novel, the people who live at Shangri-La are almost immortal, living hundreds of years beyond the normal lifespan and only very slowly aging in appearance. The name also evokes the imagery of the exoticism of the
Caribe Hilton Hotel era of boxing". The national basketball teams of twelve countries also stayed there for 2003's pre-Olympic tournament of the Americas. Some scenes from were filmed in various areas of the hotel, which was called the Caribe Paradise Resort. It is also the setting for Hunter S. Thompson's "The Rum Diary". "22 Jump Street" was also filmed in the lobby of the hotel. Caribe Hilton Hotel The Caribe Hilton, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is one of the best-known hotels in the Caribbean. It was the first facility ever operated by Hilton Hotels outside of the continental United States. In