Hotel Dragon Roots
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Mountain Kingdom
This is a top pick! We've left the smallest Asian country and arrived in, arguably, the most hidden Asian country- because of a limited number of colours, I suspect that Deb P's crayon atlas doesn't even include Bhutan. Until recently, the tiny Kingdom of Bhutan remained tucked away in total isolation from the rest of the world. That segregation has helped to preserve …
Getting burned out
Perhaps we should have come to Bhutan a bit earlier in the trip. We are all now a bit tired of rice, the Buddhist temples all kind of look the same and we are running out of conversation.
We took the highway over to the capitol city of Thimphu this morning. All the way along the river, you could see an old footpath and caves. Karma told …
April 15, 2012
Two weeks of constant togetherness is taking its toll. Tears at breakfast and not enough tea to soothe them. It is really hard to all be together 24/7 and limited other company. No wonder the boys are picking at each other and no longer at their best. I'm certainly frayed. Even the Internet and a few minutes on Skype or Facebook would be a help for …
We start our exploration of Bhutan
Friday 14th October into Bhutan at Phuentsholing
Met by our Bhutanese guide, Bhupendra Chettri (who works for Ugyen D. Dorji who owns the travel companies "Rural Heritage" and “Xplore Bhutan”) and cross border from Jaigaon, India to Phuentsholing, Bhutan about 1pm. Our hotel, Lhaki Hotel, is walking distance from the …
Thimpu Bhutan
Kathmandu airport is really budget. No metal scanners you get a pat down, you get taken out to the plane on a bus and up the back stairs. Well some old pommy git tried to pinch my seat. I was having none of that so I sent him packing back to his missus 2 seats in front. Everybody knows on the flight from Kathmandu to Paro Bhutan you sit left hand …
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TravelPod Member ReviewsHotel Dragon Roots Thimphu
“ Bit ratty ”
Reviewed Apr 15, 2012
The service at the hotel was try good and the food in the restaurant enjoyable. However, the rooms were really ratty with chipped paint and a bathtub that made me think I preferred to be dirty.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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