This has been one of the best weeks of our trip so far…and that is saying a lot! The tour company we used is Bridge to Bhutan click here to visit their website. We found them through Lonely Planet and Trip Advisor. Lotay and Fin, the founders of Bridge to Bhutan, helped us plan our itinerary and pick out great hotels during our stay in Bhutan. We felt like they really had our best interests in mind and did everything they could to make our week as enjoyable as possible.
I am hoping we can one day return to Bhutan, and when we do we will not hesitate to use Bridge to Bhutan again. Our experience was amazing. We flew from Kathmandu, Nepal to Paro, Bhutan. It was a fifty minute flight that took us above the Himalayas we got to see Mt Everest again! Immediately we could tell the difference between Bhutan and Nepal.
Bhutan is clean, uncrowded, and very peaceful. No more honking horns and crowded city streets, at least not until we get to India. We met our guide, Kinga, and our driver, Sonam. Kinga and Sonam would be our friends and teachers for the week as we saw the best sights of Bhutan.
We first toured the capital city of Thimpu. One of the highlights for us was touring the Trashi Chhoe Dzong. A dzong is a fortress with both religious and political purposes. These are large, impressive buildings built over years ago and still in use today.
We loved seeing the architecture and the buddhist monks walking through the courtyards. Our timing was right to be able to see the famous weekend market. Produce from Bhutan and India were on sale, as well as meat, cheese, and incense by the bag full. We ate a lot of traditional food, more than Tyler or Kara really wanted.
Lunch and dinner would consist of red rice it really is red , noodles, chicken or beef, cabbage, vegetables, and green chillies cooked with yak cheese. The food here can be spicy, and the people eat chillies here as a dish, not as a seasoning. Also, there are no stoplights here.
Traffic police direct traffic in more congested areas of Thimpu from a gazebo-type structure like this one. Another highlight of Thimpu was visiting the National Memorial Chorten. Throughout the day many people come here to spin the giant prayer wheels and circumambulate around the chorten.
In Buddhism it is believed that the more you spin the prayer wheels the more good karma you accumulate, which is extremely important for a favorable rebirth during the next life.
We hiked up meters to a monastery sitting on the mountainside with great views of the surrounding valley. Monks carrying loads of rice on their backs shared the trail with us. Once at the monastery, we all removed our shoes, Kinga took us into the temple and gave us one of many lessons on Buddhism and its famous figures. Before leaving Thimpu we visited Buddha Dordenma, a giant golden Buddha that overlooks the valley below.
Once finished in Thimpu, it was time to move on and see more of Bhutan. From Thimpu it was a four hour drive on roads currently under construction. Tropical heat and Arctic cold are telescoped into a span of little more than 40 miles in Bhutan.
The entire region boasts a richness and variety of plants and wildlife that are perhaps unequalled in the world. Botanists have estimated that at least 6, species of flowering plants grow in Nepal alone.
Although it measures only miles from the north to south and from east to west, Bhutan - called by its people Druk Yul, "the Land of the Thunder Dragon" -- is home to a remarkable variety of climates and ecosystems. Essentially, the country is divided into three major land regions: plains and river valleys in the south; a mid-Himalayan 5, to 14, ft. Local photographers Dan Mead and Sally Eagle are among the lucky few foreigners who have visited Bhutan on multiple occasions.
Before you visit the exhibition, here are 7 thing to know about Bhutan. The Bhutanese flag. Photo by Caleb See. Introduced in by the fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, GNH is guided by Buddhist philosophy and considers variables like psychological well-being, health, education, cultural and economic resilience, and living standards. Bhutan struggles with issues like poverty and lack of infrastructure, especially outside the cities, but improvements are being made based on the GNH concept.
The takin, a rare mammal, is the national animal of Bhutan. Photo by Donar Reiskoffer. Like a staircase starting about ft above sea level in the south, mountains and valleys rise to the Himalayas in the north, where peaks stand more than 23, ft above sea level.
Picture perfect scenery; Bhutan is blessed with some of the most breath-taking landscape. Abc Large. An alternative hypothesis maintains that the notion of symbolizing sovereignty and the state in the form of a dragon emerged in neighboring China and was adopted by the rulers of Bhutan as a symbol of royalty in the early 20th century. Font Size. ET Bureau. Druk Yul is the traditional name for bhutan, meaning 'Land of the Thunder Dragon.
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Trips were planned a dozen times but the plans fizzled out at the 11th hour each time. The bow and arrow is an essential part of the Bhutanese imagination, in a land where recorded history only started a few hundred years ago. Tigers best monastery was incredible. Bhutan is called "Land of the Thunder Dragon. Bhutan Thunder Dragon Ride Overview A mountain biking holiday across the Shangri La kingdom of Bhutan The classic bike ride across Bhutan is one of the world's most challenging cycling holidays.
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