Bhutan tourism notes

Bhutan's notes

March 2010, as copyright2004 Bhutanese tour team leader, I stayed in Bhutan and after 10 days or so, this experience and I had to go to the other country leader has a completely different feeling, aftertaste, suddenly felt the text is the only way to express the thoughts, so gradually wrote following the "inner journey" ...

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Chengdu.

5 am half-time, alarm clock. I know that the start.

Community, some good sites to whom moving every time I'm always on-time delivery.

The airport has been abuzz, each have their own direction, their journey.

Finally, on this trip flying over Everest "legendary" Air China CA407 flight.

I have several, it can be considered. Curious about the heart, is no longer so strongly, but the feeling of hope that I have been unable to take advantage of this only a few hours of sleep a little longer. Namaste, Nepal, I will set foot on this land. Wait for me, this is located in the South of the Himalayas mystery – Bhutan – The Thunder Dragon — Lelong. (For a detailed description about Bhutan, see copyright2004: www.3etravel.com)

Everything went smoothly, and flights through Lhasa, one hour after take-off from Lhasa, as usual, showing a "one-sided" situation: because it flew directly from Chengdu, the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu flights is the world's only flying over the Himalayas, brushed past with Everest, will also see Ma Makalu, Lhotse, Cho Austrian friends peak and other 3 8000 meters peaks.

So, we all want the departure of the right window location see Everest's Lord of the gas, which led to aircraft is doomed to tilt to the right (joke joke, exaggerated points).

Arrival plus all tribbe Timor airport, because I arrived ahead of time, team sit, Airlines flight in the evening came from Hong Kong, so no one came to pick me up.

Fight to find accommodation, all on your own, like a backpackers, but this time, I had half the time it is a backpackers.

In the evening, and tour together with Mr. Shiva received by direct flight arrival the guests into the hotel, I then use of the limited time we looked at the LP "Bhutan".

Tomorrow morning, will leave for Bhutan.

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In the morning, a light wake me, lying in a few minutes and think this is a moment worth remembering.

All of a sudden it would be interesting to someone, the time should come in to work, just send a short letter, receipt report series of English, broadly speaking not sent successfully, (back check each other really received ... Hey Nepal's communication Ah ... ) Unfortunately, shrugged, and began to wash, finishing.

Personnel arrived back to all airport Bhutan Royal Aviation (Druk Air) counter check-in.

After entering the terminal of rest, in almost all Western tourists, also look LP of Bhutan. Chinese go is a confraternity fun of special groups, this does not, without the rest chair Wai together to play a killer game ... I've been looking for Bhutan no sign of the aircraft, one tail with Bhutan flag Airbus 319. (About Bhutan's national flag: rectangular, made up of two triangles to the left of the golden triangle, the same as that of the Emperor of China, symbol of the King in the leading religious and secular powers and things. Lower right side of the triangle is orange-red, symbolizing the Buddhist spiritual strength. Pattern is a four foot den baizhu white. White Dragon symbolizes the State, on behalf of the "Dragon"; four baizhu symbolic power and holiness. It is said that the entire Bhutan airlines) only two such aircraft.

According to Shiva, modulated Mandarin accent: "Bhutan's aircraft is always punctual in airport, fly, fly away.

"As the departure time is drawing near, radio notification for boarding. Even no transfer passengers transported on the car, Bhutan airlines staff will lead us directly into the apron. Druk Air-Royal Bhutan Air suddenly appear before our eyes, we have their pictures taken. Staff was not urged everyone, not tight not slower followed until the last passengers entering the cabin. I have just returned from a sentence to "books to school kuzuzangbo!" (Hello!), and immediately earned Bhutan stewardess charming smile. Where the domestic routes as a hostess, Ah, your smile, her when you air, huh, huh ...

Finally sit on these "legendary" plus are flying to Bhutan's Paro KB400 flight.

Shortly after take-off, with the pilot-in-command to indicate that the window of a Himalayan Snow peak, as usual, aircraft and roll ... But this time was the departure of the "left-leaning". 40-minute flight, the imminent arrival of the Western town of Bhutan, paroxetine (Paro)--(the only airport in Bhutan is built in this small Valley).

Only personal experience, they know what the "exaggerated moves", in the process of decline and circling, wing and ground nearly 45 degrees, looking from the outside, the village of paroxetine in the valleys like us ...

Until the aircraft, to witness this less than 2000 meters of Bhutan's only airport runway. Take-off, landing, only one chance. So worship that route's Paro airport driver! really is better than Nepal Terry cloth airport compact Ah, but very exquisite! immigration hall availability were to describe, in front of the header is visible from left to right 5-bit successive and present a portrait of the King, our female members of the tour is the current King at once — Jig Mei · Qaisar · Cheltenham Fejér · Wangchuk (Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck) how to spell a word "handsome". It is said that in December of 2006, he attended the King of Thailand ThailandHe reigned during the 60th anniversary of the activity, because of his appearance and modest attitude, fascinated thousands of Thailand women, even in Thailand country led to Bhutan as a preferred destination of interest ... 28 March in the afternoon, we are hoping for a four-day's Paro Festival to see the legend has been called "the world's most handsome King", but because of travel arrangements, we unfortunately missed him ... Also, as mentioned before, the Chinese people are very good fun. Our female members, and finally in the hotel's Paro has found significant systemic portrait of King ~ ~ photo! it can be confused as real ones ...

Queued for transit time, far from the sight of our tour guide "Bhutan", a fat Sam neat national costume — "wrapped" and smiled and waved at me.

"Charmingly naive!" — used to describe the first meet with Sam's Club in Bhutan my impression of him.

When you extract the luggage, Sam lead us on the bus.

Since Bhutan still implement team travel, i.e. all foreign tourists immigration are subject to local travel agency for the reception and arrangements, airport, exceptionally quiet, each to a group of tourists, there will be special hand picked. Our driver uncle, Dante · Wangchuk, there was a very cute and funny name — "King Tintin" and smile name where, for saying: Betty. Thought that it was our copyright2004 of Betty sister playing around a lot Ah. Later, Mr. Wang Tintin is a diligent, branded, professional, open, handsome, and steady outstanding young! (says he's handsome, because he every day to Jet-Black glossy wax wave modeling to anyone; he composed, because he was wearing a pair of black framed glasses, a look at the study abroad returnees (Wang dingding really just returned from studying abroad from Canada). Where as I in Nepal who partner Raju, Ah, go is like playing, also dedicated to find the eyes, nose, long, Tall stature, ass black white sister "by eye" ... The next few days, we feel that everywhere, and fat Sam, Wang Tintin, Bhutan people friendly, warm and long forgotten that hang in the serene smile.

Cars, in winding mountain road worthiness, towering mountains and calm village in Paris.

Nearer a Bhutanese folk music, rhythm of slowly, distant voices, and immediately rave! (Wang dingding's "flirt" Ah ~ ~) I suddenly had the tears ... She is probably the way to go. I actually hope that more people can use your heart to quietly enjoy the proximity to the Himalayas in small countries; I actually do not want to see open due to tourism, bring this simple land more and more changes. Travel on the road, being a loyal listener, really good.

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Cars, in winding mountain road worthiness, towering mountains and calm village, near the snow away barely visible.

Mysterious Himalayas gives the foothills and small lots of charm: the legendary Shangri-La, the dream of ... I think, Trekking in the Pearl mulari snow feet, is how a picture of it. ..

Came to Bhutan, experience the most is the "gross national happiness" is a Word, what is the "gross national happiness", in accordance with Wikipedia's standard explanation, "gross national happiness" by Bhutan King Kat · Singh · Jigme Wangchuk in 1972 for evaluation quality of life index, national production in short more emphasis on spiritual experience.

Walking in the streets of Bhutan, everywhere people with happy faces.

The capital Thimphu, bustling streets, clean, smooth, although various vehicles coming and going anywhere, but traffic separation, he can't find a Department has a traffic light junctions, and almost all diesel vehicles, think our country is a vast land of often noisy diesel shortage, eh ...

Since Bhutan 1-10 year students class time at 4 p.m. ends, so we often see on the street and a handful of students gonggar, all dressed in beautiful uniforms.

In particular, the girl dress as if ready to take out shopping, totally not like at school or on the way to school. (Our last day of the departure from the hotel to the airport's Paro, sunny, a distance of several students are walking in the village Lane, is all the "call", stopped the patience to accept our request to produce various molding set for shooting).

The next few days, we visited Bhutan many famous temples.

Each boarding ladder, each step at the temple, we have a deep sense of baptism. Reluctant to Tibetan Buddhism between fun stories, reveling in amplitude amplitude and beautiful murals.

In Bhutan is referred to as the "case" of the monastery, has its special functions: half the District Government Office to half in the Lama Temple (called Uncle Sam).

The most beautiful in the case of Punakha Dzong, the Royal aristocracy winter "Bogd", complements in lush forest, colorful flowers decorated which is located in the father's River (pho chu) and mother River (mo chu) (two glacier melt-down rivers) interchange, just like an old man, silently watched and bears witness to the Bhutan for hundreds of years of calm and change. Uncle Sam has led us to specially Heba a blackened, due to the rain, the water surface of potholes shadows in Punakha Dzong is an excellent reflection!

In Bhutan, almost 80 percent of people believe in Tibetan Buddhism gemagejiu, Lotus health guru and mania Saints (the diving mad man) — Zhu Kun Li, is that numerous myths are Bhutanese describes most of the two, but there are unique only in Bhutan to see an animal – Tower of gold (takin), it is said that its origin, because then people let Zhu Kun Li, to exorcise evil spirits, he came to the Spellcaster Thimphu, life, there are a whole sheep and a whole oxen for his enjoyment (book description of the master, and the novels of Zhou was very similar, but Buddhism,

Not well-behaved, often accompanied by poetry and wine education all beauty), and then he will be two animals patchwork of bones, becomes the "tower". In Bhutan, like this story and legend has it that much. Get tired, and sat on the stone, listen to the lamas to you about me ~ ~ (thanks to Bhutan, Nepal who have English as the official language, so many people can conversational English. But I still took a long time again, to gradually with this interesting India cavity AH ~ ~)

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In Bhutan, you can find many interesting phenomenon, for example, Bhutan is the world's first nationwide ban on smoking in the country, but many of the local shops can be found working fine ashtray, manual, machine polishing, style tingduo; although capital thimbu streets are coming and going of various sizes of vehicles, but is still a nation of Bhutan does not have a traffic light control.

Traffic congestion phenomenon, you should be with the vehicle's growing and intensifies, but Bhutan's drivers are very friendly, meeting the car when mutual humility. From Bhutan to return in the middle of the city is booming, and the capital Thimphu day at over multiple-ELA, our one tire finally breathed ... All staff get free activities, so we proceeded in rain and fog wreathing winding mountain road slowly forward, occasionally encountered behind the vehicle, the car of the people are friendly and we have to smile, saying could not understand the language, I guess probably comfort we have invited us to take a ride it to drivers "Wang Tintin" (the deputation to the driver to take Chinese name) and the Guide Uncle Sam bird finished tire replacement work overtook us, a car and talked and laughed in my way. Sightseeing in several Guangzhou aunt, also because of cold and hot alternating and slight altitude was not applicable (in fact, the city's average elevation at 2500 meters) at the hotel boss timely transfer my "invigorate" — 1 bowl of soup on a little garlic salt + 1 glass of ginger water, taking after the second day is nothing. These unexpected episode, always unavoidable, we can do is to maximize the well prepared and ready to encounter these problems when trying to resolve, at the same time, the most important thing is on the road at all times maintain a good mood.

To Bhutan before doing a lot of homework, learn about the life in the Himalayas of peoples is very good at dead-on.

So the next few days I've been searching everywhere, until you return to the previous day Nepal in to visit the monument to King, we will have the opportunity to closely felt that almost everyone in Bhutan's sport's unique charm. At that time a game is in progress to 180 m in length, the venue for a range of other side placed a target as the goal, the round is complete, press the level in target the winning score. But not like matches, adversaries are very friendly, one team finish after watching another team and celebrate with them, just like the embers and singing and dancing sensation. Shot in the bulls eye, after all, who is one of the few, as long as the target, the opponent even higher than in the target, but happy! already accustomed to foreigners seems to these scenes, sitting on the stand while enjoying the game, while leisurely eating dessert, we all busy. We can only lament the Chinese holidays too short ... In Bhutan, the many nuances that are worth your stay for half a day or even a day to make the grade.

Nightlife in Bhutan Nepal Tamil area is so rich, so the best programs in the evening is to watch TV in the room, relax.

Pan-Himalayan region and temperature difference between day and night, so you have to have a good stay at the hotel. As the capital Thimphu relatively better, so the evening free time, we all got restless of want to go out strolling, fishing solicited. Although there are more and more new things into Bhutan, but this country's material life is relatively scarce, or still at a low level. In the evening after the capital Thimphu, we went to a few of the most prosperous cities. However there is also a very memorable night in the hotel's Paro dragon ' s nest, after dinner, we were "a waiter and the world" — a hilarious game Song Festival. Our tour members are very active on many well-known folk. I also learned a few words so far are often hung on the lips of Bhutan songs, one sentence: sey cha cha boom, re vi zong ma chey, re vi zong ma chey ... (LON: My mind, is taken by a very beautiful girl named Zong Ma.) use the content of a candle, and drink the sweet and delicious beer of Bhutan, my eyes has lots of beautiful picture of the day site — clear Valley, fluttering in the Scripture and industrious people of Bhutan, and they are pure smile ...

Then, says Carina LAU, Tony Leung, dahun hotel.

Uma Paro (paroxetine, Umma hotel) is located in occupies an area of 38 acres, kind of a large number of plants of gentle hills, backed by the Paro airport is only 10 minutes by car, the whole hotel was drowned in the depths of the Himalayas, stone, wood and tiles as the main building, sunk in blue pine forest, plus all over around the Camellia and rhododendron, hydrangea, always give off without modification of the original charm, low-key, and nature. Nature landscape extends from the outdoors indoors, the entire hotel park of 20 rooms and 9 Villa use Bhutan's civil smoked wood, wall paintings by local artist as decoration, elegant wooden furniture, hand woven carpet of Nepal, even in the Interior, there is a way to feel comfortable in nature. Hotel is committed to the development of wildflower meadows, planting a garden organic plants, as well as hybrid varieties of woodland, propagated varieties including Oak wood, iron, FIR, pine and Maple seedlings cold. With the superstar Tony Leung and Carina LAU married in Bhutan, to let the Pan-Hi MaMurang'a district only established diplomatic relations in China is not and mysterious country for understanding, our tour members are so missed a rare opportunity, many people have suggested that the tour took us to the Umma hotel, as a not worship any star icon I went, not to see the Carina LAU stay there anymore, but rather to see the magic of Bhutan ... Tour I sat in the hotel's Cafe slowly enjoying a cup of coffee, mellow mood that is quite properly, looked out the window tracts of pine forest in the wind, once again, sigh: Woh, Bhutan ...!

In fact, in Bhutan, whether in the cave of the temple (Takzsang Gomba), meditation, or in Pune card cases (Punaka Dzong) impressions of meditation, although brief, but the heart of every touch, are due to her pure life, simple people, there are the ancient and mysterious Tibetan culture attract, no wonder the deputation of Pharaoh in entering a temple will offer property to support his heart Holy, although each of the different members of the tour, but we are in the same way the mystery of the foothills of the touching.

Pure heaven, brings free-breathing, and jealousies, estrangement in moments, each family is not locked, feel free to open, everyone is brothers and sisters, the Royal family or people are difficult to distinguish where the boundaries because they believe that every life is interdependent of reincarnation.

Suddenly think of a sentence, the words: the mind, there is a child, are particularly vulnerable, and pure near Paris.

I think this is probably the Tony and Carina LAU aspire. In this piece of blue, green, red, white, interwoven and wrong land, you will also attend the city noise and restlessness?

Pure, sometimes very simple!

(Bhutan hotel entrance)