Motithang Hotel Thimphu

... which is about 1hour drive. Check into your<br>hotel and enjoy lunch before we begin our tour of Thimphu.<br>A visit to Takin Preserve to see Takin,<br>Bhutan&#8217;s national animal, is a favorite along with the Bhutanese<br>archery game (the national sport) at Changlingmithang National Stadium.<br>We would also visit the Memorial Chorten and visit Institute for Zorig<br>Chusum (commonly known as Painting School): Here, the students<br>undertake a six-year course on the ...

... always collected.<br>Local Participation in Tourism<br>Because of the government's "High Value - Low Volume" policy, tourism in Bhutan has a very favorable income to arrivals ratio. The government monitors this ratio very carefully so that the money the tourist spends is directed to businesses in Bhutan, rather than to large overseas travel agents. These agents usually sell 'package' holidays, and in many cases the percentage of revenue ...

... is scorching around 27 degrees, I would normally enjoy the weather, but my cold at this point is making a mini comeback, and I am needing hot water for my medication. Ian suggests we go to the lodge and I happily surrender. We climb into a taxi and make our way to the lodge, half way there, our driver stops and we see official looking cars with flashing red lights approaching us, is king is King says the driver trying to bury himself into the passenger seat, as a mark of respect ...

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... bath with a cage at the end where men wielding large steel pincers place large river stones, heated in a fire, into the spring water, thus heating it up. The proprietor was most pleased with us as we managed to last an hour and a half. That evening we celebrated with our first Red Panda beer and, as dissapointed as we were that it wasn't made from real Red Pandas, we were content with our best day so far in Bhutan. We left Paro at 6am the following morning, somewhat reluctantly ...

... working on a loom, crafting a wall hanging with extremely detailed designs. She does this seven hours a day, and it takes her four months to complete a piece. One piece I thought was particularly amusing, was a kind of basket that the Bhutanese farmers made as "lunch box". Its very colorful purple and pink, and essentially has one bowl that slips inside another bowl forming a rudimentary form of Tupperware. They would put ride and dried pork in it and take ...

... of which both partners discuss if they want to get married and do so if/when they want to. Most marry at 26-34 since they are expected to go to school and hold down a good job before starting a family. Gender roles are also very interesting per the traditional chores of rural farmers - women tend to the rice and patty farming with sickles and men are the ones that weave baskets. I've been staying in fancy hotels - three star maybe - which has been a ...

... further down the mountain,. but given the impending coronation ceremonies, both were closed to the public, allowing the resident monks the opportunity to join the festivities which were equally religious and celebratory in nature. We used the extra time take some photos of the crowds that had lined the procession route along the road below and get a great view of the palace and the town. The route itself was packed with people who had ...

... Nepal, but we had an excellent view of the city from above, and it looked beautiful. The final leg into Paro, Bhutan took us along the spine of the Himalayas, and AMAZING close-up views of Mount Everest, of which I have dozens of fantastic photos (which I will try and upload later). Having flown past Everest, we began our descent into Paro - which according to a CNN online article I saw last month, is the most dangerous airport in which to ...

... similar to a mandela, but they told more of a story. It is though really disappointing that I am unable to take shots on the inside to show you all. It's the only thing that has ****ed me off so far !!! The last site that we went to see was the Drugyal Dzong. It's a ruined hill fort commanding a great view over the valleys. Down below were terraced rice paddy fields, whilst above we could see Bhutan's highest mountain. As we were being shown ...