A piece of Shang-ri-La
Tiger’s Nest Monastery, Bhutan
BHUTAN IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES YOU CAN’T GET TO FROM HERE. And if you’re a budget traveler, you can’t get there from anywhere. Bhutan enforces a fixed daily rate of US$250 on tourists during high seasons and $200 during off seasons. You are not permitted to travel without a guide and driver, and there are some restricted areas you still can’t visit. If you travel as a single traveler as I did, you pay a surcharge of $40 per day. When I asked Kinga, my guide, why the government restricted travelers like this, he said: “To keep the backpackers out. We want to protect our culture. We don’t want Bhutan to become another Katmandu.” I guess you have to respect that kind of thinking.
Water-driven prayer wheel in a forest of pine and cypress
Traditional window in a wall of stone
To facilitate maintaining their…
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Leya 
A-C, that is the way to protect the pass from the future. What I understand you didn’t visit???!!! So close!!! Brilliant entry for the challenge.
Viveka…someday…Thank you
What an adventure! Love the window image. 🙂
Yes, I am a bit envious…
Bhutan is indeed an amazing place and totally different from others! 🙂
Yes. And they seem to be able to set their own rules and follow their intuition and tradition. In peace and harmony. That, is very different from most other countries.
that’s so true…
Sounds amazing.
janet
Yes. That is the way it should be.
Great response to the challenge, Ann-Christine! That sounded like a wonderful trip…I am most envious …
Yes, I would so much want to go there, and Badfish is a very good promotor!