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- Thimphu
- Capital
- Ngultrum (BTN)
- Currency
- 2,049,412
- Population
- BT
- Country Code
Bhutan Slideshow
Bhutan
Travel Blogs from Bhutan
Get Thee to a Nunnery
... metres. The nunnery was established as a meditation site in the 9th century and is reputedly the oldest nunnery in Bhutan. After a visit to the main shrine room, we were causally chatting with one of the young caretakers and were subsequently ...
The Divine Madman
After our drive over the Dochu La pass (3,150m), we hiked to the Chhi-med Lhakhang to visit the Goemba (temple) dedicated to Lama Drukpa Kunley, also known as "The Divine Madman". This gentleman that lived late 15th century into the early 16th ...
Three Cups of Tea
The drive to the Phobjekha Valley was along a windy mountainside road, where we were stopped for about 30 minutes due to road construction. Road construction may be a slight understatement, as it appeared the entire mountainside was being torn ...
Chanting One Hundred Thousand Mantras
Today's itinerary included a visit to the beautiful Kurjey Lhakhang, Bumthang which is where Guru Rinpoche first came to Bhutan. It was here Guru Rinpoche is said to have used his super natural powers to turn into a garuda (bird) and ...
Ogyen Chholing Palace
... well despite the cold, windy weather outside. One of the families was building a new house in the village. Houses in Bhutan are primarily made of mud brick, or stone in high altitude locations. We took a turn helping make the mud brick walls ...
Domkhar Festival
We attended the third and final day of the Domkhar festival, taking place in Chumey, Bumtang Valley. The festival is hosted by the local monastery and all dances are performed by the monks. Local families, friends, and children came out for ...
Conquering the Jhomolhari Trek
We really had a great time on this 9-day trek covering some 140 kilometres and reaching a maximum elevation of 4,930 metres. However, by the end of the ninth day, all we wanted was a hot shower, a warm bed and cable television to waste away ...
The Kingdom of Bhutan - leaving China...
... town and the headed to the hotel for a quick dinner and then fell fast asleep since we'd been up since 3:30... Day 2 Bhutan (Paro): I think I mentioned the dogs... well, we were woken up several times during the course of the night due to the ...
Bhutan
... anomaly. This fourth king has a particular knack for not only ruling fairly, but also for farsightedness. Until the 1960's Bhutan rigorously pursued a policy of isolationism and was completely cut off from the outside world. He has embarked on a rapid ...
“Kuzu Zangpo la, Bum javim!”
Por vezes é muito mais simpático do que simplesmente "Kuzu Zangpo la"! Pelo menos gera mais sorrisos e bem estar. Foi o que mais importante aprendi hoje. Ou quase! Facilmente se explica. Kuzu Zangpo: Saudações em jeito de “Olá”. Muitas ...
Phuentsholing
... and our driver Tcheko, who had been worried about us. They were a welcome sight in their Gho's, the national costume of Bhutan. After helping us through customs we checked into a nice hotel. We didn't quite feel we were in Bhutan yet as Phuentsholing ...
Sightseeing in Thimphu
... unique to Bhutan that is half goat, half deer. In the evening we also visited the Tashichhodzong, which is the main administration for Bhutan and where the King also works during the day. It has beautiful architecture and a working monastery as ...
Please Don't Stop the Music
... the next two weeks as I leave the modern world and embark on a 16 day trek through the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. "Basic" would be an understatement when it comes to describe this hidden country. With television not being introduced until the ...
Drugyel Dzong and Druk Path trek
The morning after the night before, we visited the ruined Dzong (fortress) at Drugyel in Paro from where many Tibetan invasions were repelled. It is about to be renovated which will be a huge project but it was an interest sight to see. However, the ...
Getting High
... your head is in the middle of a black market trade route for Chinese manufactured goods that are sneaked across the ill-protected Tibet-Bhutan border. The trek then brought us on what felt like a roller-coaster of a walk (up and down and up and down ...
Cock-a-doodle-do
... in Bhutan would fall under the "dumb founded" category. So lets step back and take a look at the sexual culture of Bhutan. Tantric Buddhism has strong influences here and one of the countries favorite folk heros is a man called Drukpa Kuenly "The ...
Trongsa Dzong and journey to Bumthang valley
... . The temples are different to those we saw in Tibet, which are much darker and full of pilgrims making offerings. In Bhutan there are fewer people but they are in much better condition and the paintings and statues are really colourful. We often ...
Driving on to Thimpu
... hotel. This way by far the best meal in Bhutan, but mainly because it was Indian food - not Bhutanese! Day 4 Bhutan (Thimpu): Our first full day in Thimpu was everything that we had hoped for. First, we headed to the Motithang ...
The road blocks
Era termos partido meia hora antes, às 8:30, do hotel para termos evitado cerca de três bloqueios de estrada. Neste momento passam-se duas coisas no Butão no que respeita a circulação de pessoas: apenas existe uma estrada que liga, por entre montes ...
Punaka, Wangdue, back to Paro and out of Bhutan
... . Our time in the warmer climes of Bhutan was brief, and it was back to Paro the following day to climb to Bhutan's most famous landmark, the Tiger's Nest monastary, or Taktshang Goemba, once again perched on top of a mountain. This monastary is one of ...
Bhutan from another world
... tiver acesso a TV, cabo e internet. Até então era banida; No ano passado ouve o primeiro concurso do “Bhutan idol”. Apenas a partir de 1960 foram construídas estradas pavimentadas; Até 1974 o país estava interdito a turistas; O ...
“Those guys sometimes can be big fuc**rsR
Acordei às 7:45. Banho. Pequeno-almoço. Combinei com o sr. guia às 8:30 no lobby do hotel. Fomos directo para a universidade dos estudos budistas que fica no topo do vale de Thimphu, após um trek de 1 hora. No caminho, mais factos e curiosidades ...
Kids will be kids
Também não é preciso ser assim tão prestável. Quero sentar-me, tenho um senhor a empurra-me a cadeira. Quero levantar-me, tenho um senhor (o mesmo ou outro) a ajudar-me. "Está tudo bem senhor?", “Precisa de alguma coisa, o senhor?”, ...
Beautiful Bhutan
... say that Norm and I were very fortunate to have been in the country during this time as we managed to see one of Bhutan's wonderful festivals in Paro, as well we were present to witness their first ever election. The election was won over with ...
País # 3!
Gente. Estamos no Bhutão! Inacreditável. Esse país é uma surpresa atrás da outra. Aviãozinho pequeno de Kathmandu até aqui, balançou um pouco, mas conseguimos pegar um assento do lado direito do avião (vista imperdível dos Himalaias, ótima ...
The last shangra-la
... for my 33rd birthday. As if our scheduled itinerary wasn't enough, he threw in the last Buddhist Kingdom for me too! Bhutan, the land of the thunder dragon is isolated from the outside world due to the unique setting in which it lays. Bhutan ...
The Dogs of Bhutan
... , dogs are favored by some of the saints of this country, most especially the divine madman who always had a dog at his side. Whatever the reason, the Bhutan dog is popular, ubiqutous, and in our humble opinion, photogenic - so please ...
Returning fro Bhutan
... nothing, legally 70% of the land must remain forested so it really is remote! I realy need to add some photos especially from bhutan as understandably, it is very difficult to picture things. Tomorrow is my last day here; i have some shopping to do and ...
Bhutan : Thimphu, Paro et Punakha
De retour du Cambodge et après une bonne nuit sur mon banc préféré à l'aéroport de Bangkok (c'est déjà la deuxième nuit que j'y passe) j'ai embarqué tout excité dans l'A319 de la DRUK AIR, en partance pour ce pays énigmatique et fabuleux, le ...