TLT Hotel Samdrup Jongkhar

I love the Dominican republic we just got back
and it was fantastic. We stayed at this beautiful luxury villa in Cap Cana
called Villa de Cap Cana. It was amazing! We had a private pool and wonderful
ocean views. If that weren’t enough we were on the 14th hole of the Punta
Espada golf course. We can’t wait to go back. Check out the pictures at http://www.capcanavilla.net/

Before heading back to Kalimpong, we stopped at the border of Bhutan. Bhutan is actually a closed country and costs about US $200 per day to get a visa to enter the country. The guard at the gate actually allowed each of us to step foot in Bhutan and take a picture. Then, we went around the corner and prayed at the gate for the country.

... years ago, she watched a Hindu movie which showed a Hindu "god", and from then on, she has been completely blind. We actually prayed for her the first 2 nights as well as the third day. She was the only person not healed the first night. But both the first and second night, she had the same exact dream, and in that dream, God healed her eyes, first one and then the other. She said that she could see many people in the ...

Today, we took another jeep for about 5 hours with 11 people to RBB Village near the border of Bhutan. We will be leading a mini Discipleship Training School here for the next 3 days along with a few locals. We will be doing two and a half days of teachings with activity nights, and then outreach the final afternoon and night. We are all stoked about this opportunity.

... by misty grey hills, the Park has beautiful landscaping, with a strong Chinese influence. Weeping willows cascade over a pond where ducks, pelicans and geese swim and dive for fish. Red water lilies float on another adjacent pond. There are flowers of every hue, pansies and poppies in the spring and hydrangeas and hibiscus in the summer. Visitors can sit in miniature pagodas and look out at the children's park, usually full of lively ...

... many handicraft items like bags, purses, flower vases, dress materials, etc. After that we went to airport, boarded our flight and reached Mumbai at 7.30 in the night. We reached home at 10 pm. This was a memorable trip for us and we'll always cherish the experience.

On 05/12/2008, we went to Guwahati zoo and saw tigers, lions and lionesses, leopards, hippos, African rhino and many animals from close quarters. I was intrigued by the ...

The festival, not one of the more famous main religious ones but established by the government in the last few years, proved to be really compelling and attended by many locals, especially families all proudly wearing their costumes. The location in Jakar Dzong was also very atmospheric as the dancers whirled around in the sunshine (yes the weather was now perfect). There were also a couple of jokers ...

... really looking forward to a decent trek. At least we had enjoyed spectacular mountain treks in earlier countries. We finished up at Ugyen Choling, a fascinating old museum of a royal residence which had loads of well presented artefacts. We also stopped at a nice river waterfall called "burning lake" before returning to our hotel in Jakar.

The journey from Wangdue to the Bumthang valley was long and windy taking about 7 hours. Tcheko's driving was very safe but quite slow in our comfortable minivan. Bhutan is 70% covered by forest and the houses became more spread out as we ventured east. The people too are a little different and more traditional. We visited another Dzong at Trongsa, again really atmospheric. You are not allowed to take any photos inside which is a shame (though understandable) as they are decorated ...