Eastward Bound in Bhutan
Please see additional photos in my gallery. Building just above chortens After departing Thimphu, we headed east and farther into the beautiful mountains. Our first stop for tea/coffee (a wonderful treat we soon looked forward to …
Bhutan News archive for 30 April 2008
APRIL 2008 (IPS) - Expectations are high among the people of Bhutan for the new government to deliver on its promises, especially once the new constitution is adopted in early May when the parliament convenes, writes Francoise Pommaret, …
Bhutan: Photographer’s Paradise
Richard Ishida, a world renowned web designer based in UK writes after visiting Bhutan: “The whole country is a photographer’s paradise. The dzongs and monasteries are all beautiful. But so are the people. So calm and friendly.”
Discover Bhutan
The (offt) tourism council director general Thuji Nadik and ABTO president Yeshey Norbu launching the magazine Tourism has forayed into print with the launch of the country’s first travel magazine “Discover Bhutan” yesterday. …
Bhutan: International Sanitation Day observed
Even though water and sanitation are government priorities and coverage levels have increased, water-related diseases are still among the leading causes of child mortality in Bhutan. The World Food Programme (WFP) is channeling funds to …
Wheatfields and Prayer Flags - Bhutan
Please see additional photos in my gallery. Wheat and temple in valley near Punakha We took a break from driving on our way to Punakha and stretched our legs in a little village. We walked through the wheatfields and alongside homes to …
Single Lane Madness in the Kingdom of Bhutan
… car shows spawned with drop-dead Nissans and Datsuns. Now my trip last month to the Himalayas and the tiny country of Bhutan yielded far fewer rewards in terms of vehicles. I saw exactly four Nissans in two weeks. Four. Not […]
Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index
With today’s US GDP release, I thought I would introduce the readership on how one country, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, takes a different path to measuring success. A rather novel approach was developed in the 1980s by Bhutan’s …
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Bhutanese Tour operators suffer heavy loss over sudden change in …
The Druk Air had to suddenly change the flight schedule for safety reasons due to the strong winds in the afternoon. It has however left many tour operators in the lurch as they scrambled to change hotel and flight bookings. …
