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Bureaucat
As Indian tourists, we were allowed to enter Bhutan without pre-booking a tour. The Indian and Bhutanese...
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Both Sides
Phuentsholing, one of the entry gates to Bhutan from India, is also Bhutan's biggest commercial centre. A...
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Garden
Phuentsholing sits at the bottom of the Bhutan Himalayan range, almost at sea level. It thus has a...
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This is Bhutan too...
(Phuentsholing) Yes, this is Bhutan too. Phuentsholing is an improvement on its twin town, Jaigaon, but...
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Fixing a Landslide
(Phuentsholing-Thimphu Highway) Roads in Bhutan are usually narrow and wind through the mountains;...
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Confluence Junction
(Phuentsholing-Thimphu Highway) Taking the road that forks up the hill on the right is a mistake -- it...
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City Centre
(Thimphu) Deep in the heart of Thimphu! Our hotel was in a large building (called Centre Mall, though it...
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Souvenir Dolls
These dolls are made by girls working under the Youth Development Programme with HQ in Punakha. Some...
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Reality
And this is what we saw in the Department of Tourism. Clearly, corruption is a growing problem -- either...
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At the Movies
This is Thimphu's Luger Theatre. It is the only movie theatre in Thimphu and it screens...
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Clock Tower Square
Clock Tower Square in Thimphu is a center for cultural activities -- and it's awfully pretty. There's a...
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Some things are the same everywhere
Some things really are the same everywhere. This is the door of a beauty parlour in Thimphu. The notice...
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The Taj, Bhutan
Under construction -- the new Taj group hotel in Thimphu, the first venture from the Taj group, one of...
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Pray
Prayer bells in the Clock Tower Square, Thimphu. Bhutan is solidly Buddhist, and also solidly religious....
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Ema Datsi and so on
Food, glorious food! From top to bottom on the left -- red rice, white rice, phaksha paa (pork cooked...
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Way to Cheri
Cheri Monastery is 15 km north of Thimphu, one of the oldest monasteries in Bhutan and once the seat of...
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Three Years, Three Months, Three Days
This is Cheri. Founded by Shabdrung Namgyal, the unifier of Bhutan who fled from Tibet, in the 16th...
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Bridge to Cheri
Before starting the uphill climb to Cheri, visitors walk over a traditional wooden cantilevered bridge...
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