A little distant from where I am now, but following on from things that were happening when I visited last year. Bhutan has just begun its first set of democratic elections for the new constitutional monarchy. There seems to be a complete lack of mudslinging, a good attendance and effort being made by the government [...]

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Actually, many roadblocks. But I’ll get to that. Today we managed to be in three different countries. We set off from Bhutan at 7am with the help of our two guides, and entered India by bus. After three hours or so, we arrived in Siliguri where a very nice taxi driver helped us locate an [...]

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Just for a change (not), we had an early rise as today would be another long one. Breakfast was the usual eggs, toast and the like. The family’s little kitten was floating around, meowing and mooching bits of scrambled egg. While I was playing with him, he bit my nose. Chewed on, blood drawn and [...]

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Yet another early rise, but it always helps when you know it’s going to be worthwhile. We had egg on toast for breakfast and then jumped into the car with Jamyang and Tshewang. On the way to Punakha, we stopped at the Memorial Stupa. This was built by the fourth queen of the fourth king [...]

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We rose for breakfast at 7:00 (surprise – it was lovely) where we chatted with Jamyang for a while. The hotel let us store our bags in the room while we were out, so we grabbed clothes and cameras and jumped into the 4×4 for the short drive out of Paro. Less than thirty minutes [...]

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Our flight finally departed at around 9:40am, which was actually when it had originally been listed when we arrived at the airport. It was a fairly small but comfy plane which had begun its journey in Bangkok. No explanation was given, but looking outdoors it seemed a fair guess that fog/smog was to blame for [...]

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Just a quickie so folk know I’ve arrived safe and sound and it’s already an amazing experience. More when I get a chance but internet access is not guaranteed here.

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