Pinewood Hotel Thimphu

Thimphu, Bhutan

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Ongelooflijk mooi Bhutan

A travel blog entry by tonenpaul

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... eigen buitenlands beleid dit wordt gedaan door India. Er zijn hier dus ook geen ambassades. In ruil voor de bescherming van India mogen de mensen uit India als enige buitenlanders vrij naar Bhutan reizen. Bhutan heeft een koning. Het is een van de jongste koninkrijken nadat de Britten in 1907 een van de Bhutanese officieren uit hun leger tot koning bombardeerde. Inmiddels zijn ze aan de vijfde koning toe. De vierde koning heeft het land uit zijn isolement gehaald en ...

Bhutan: Land of the Dragon

A travel blog entry by paulandton

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... their horns every other second. What a relieve after Kathmandu. The contrast couldn’t be any bigger. The Paro valley is dotted with the typical Bhutanese houses made of white stone walls and ornate, wooden windows. As it is too late in the afternoon to do some sightseeing we head straight to our hotel, the Nak Sel Spa Resort. Beautifully located in the forest and what a luxury room we have! Even better news is that we stay here for 2 nights. At dinner we are ...

We start our exploration of Bhutan

A travel blog entry by diannemurray

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... dropped – she’s on the trip because she’s a “travel writer”, and has paid her own airfare, but everything else has been provided free. Apparently she writes for an American travel website called Simon & Baker. They apparently don’t pay their writers, but they do get free travel, provided by the companies they are writing about. Will definitely have to do some “googling” when we have time. Someone – ...

Royal Wedding Day in Shangri-La

A travel blog entry by bdsaly

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... made its way slowly through the vast crowd, the king and queen stopping frequently to greet people, bless ceremonial scarves and even babies thrust in their direction. There were no barricades and very few police. As the king approached, the crowd sat down cross-legged on the grass and kept respectfully quiet. The king & queen passed within a few feet of where we were standing (it seems we weren’t expected to sit) but we were told not to take photos (I ...

At the end of every hike

A travel blog entry by bdsaly

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... of Bhutan’s imports come by road across the border from India and Bhutan’s major income earner, hydroelectric power is purchased by India. The 4th king had the good sense a few years back to deny India’s request to station Indian troops in Bhutan, having apparently learned the lesson from the once independent kingdom of Sikkim, that once there they never leave (Sikkim was subsequently annexed by India). Now all of this could change in the coming years. ...

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