Bhutan Vacations, Bhutan Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Note: A very special thanks to Andy and Soma at RBC for enabling our Bhutan visit! 4/28/07Not that either of us slept much after struggling to get the Sikkim trip arranged and being excited about finally making it to Bhutan, but the alarm went off at 3:15 a.m. and we blearily dragged ourselves out of bed, packed up and hopped in a cab to the airport. Murli actually woke up at three something as well, just to make sure we were awake and didn’t miss our flight. The airport was very b...

The flight out of Paro back to New Delhi flew via Kathmandu. As we were early again, we managed to get seats on the right side of the plane. We were able to see Mt Jhomohari and Jichu Drake peaks above the sea of clouds shortly after departing Paro. It was a beautiful sight and the camera was clicking away furiously.   Proceeding towards Kathmandu, there were lots of clouds but when we reached the Himalayan mountain range, all the high peaks rose above the clouds to create a magnificen...

We are now in a town called Wangdue Phodrang around 3 hours east of the capital. The place we are staying in is really nice. We are in a villa right (I mean 10 metres away) from a rushing river. Its a gorgeous spot and the river makes a huge noise. Very peaceful.Today we had a very long car trip from a town called Jakar in the east of Bhutan. It was only 180km but took around 7 hours. It was a beautiful sunny day and the views were spectacular, however Hugh was a bit high maintenance for some...

So it's all over.  Bhutan is beautiful, the people are friendly, the food is great (as long as you ask them for the same food they eat, or else you'll get icky/bland tourist fare)...it's totally worth the trip. We spent the last afternoon shopping for gifts and then had dinner with our guides.  Then it was back to Bangkok...