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Preparing for Bhutan

My last day in Kathmandu is fairly uneventful. I leave Bahktapur after lunch and arrive in the early afternoon. I try a few hotels here but none convince me that their doors can lock safely: I manage to open every door they show me with my leatherman. I r [...]

Tea with a King

Exceedingly early morning, considering I am on holiday: up at 05:00. Once at the airport, I am faced with the usual mind-boggling burocracy, get papers from left, go to right and get a stamp, pay in centre, bring luggage at front for security check, get a [...]

Dancing policeman enforcing no smoking and no traffic lights policy

We leave after a small lie-in and head to Thimphu, the capital of this magnificent country. The road is in a surprisingly good state, mainly considering the sheer drops of the valley. It is a huge engineering achievement. The ride is pleasant if at time a [...]

Bhutan enters the Information Age - 1995

Bhutan enters the Information Age - 1995 [...]

Paro, Thursday the 4th of August

Thimpu, Friday the 5th of August

Punakha, Saturday the 6th of August

I wake to the sounds of water and the smell of wood smoke. After a couple of nights here, I no longer feel cut off from the world but protected from it and not particularly anxious to move away.

After a short breakfast we made our way to the [...]

Paro, Sunday the 7th of August

Day 50!

Gosh, it seems like a long time. Thinking about it, it is a long time. Looking at a map, I find it hard to believe that I have covered all this ground. 50 days represents the half way point of my journey, not only in time (I have plan [...]

Phuentsholing, Paro, Thimphu, Bumthang District

October 2001 [...]

Visiting Bhutan

Land of the Thunder Dragon (Or, less mythical, "Land of the Friendly Dogs") [...]