He spoke a kind of Chinese that I don't understand very well, but I think he said something about a lamasery near here, along the valley, I gathered, where we could get food and shelter. Shangri-La, he called it.
a place of complete bliss, delight, and peace; paradise
Расстановка переносов
a place of com·plete bliss, delight, and peace; par·a·dise