"Ladies and Gentlemen," announced the captain of the Druk Air plane, "We are about to begin our descent into Paro.  Paro is at the bottom of a deep valley so you may find yourself much closer to the mountains than you're used to being in a plane, but do not be alarmed, this is perfectly normal.  We are also expecting quite severe turbulence as w...

We arrived in Delhi a couple of days ago on our way to Bhutan. Just so you know, this time Belin and Miran are accompanied by our other two sisters Abi and Fliss, and by Belin's daughter Name (24) and Miran's daughters Lottie and Roo (12 and 10). So starting out from Delhi we had to be up at 3am in order to be at the airport by 4am. (This meant ...