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Bhutan, often described as a Buddhist kingdom nestled in the Himalayas, is a breathtaking destination filled with towering mountains, peaceful valleys, ancient monasteries, and thrilling outdoor ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: Exploring Bumthang valley — Bhutan’s land of spirituality and natural bounty
Bumthang is often known as the spiritual heartland of Bhutan with ancient temples and monasteries like the serene Tamzhing or Tamshing Lhakhang All photos by Kalpana Sunder Pine clad mountains, low ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: Bhutan's eastern districts are so remote even Bhutanese travellers avoid these roads
The road that earns the east The permit officer in Jakar will tell you the drive to Trashigang takes eight hours. He is being optimistic. The road east of Bumthang is paved in ambition and repaired in ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: Bumthang’s last sheep-rearing villages get support to rebuild flock
Sheep rearing is becoming increasingly difficult in Bumthang due to shrinking pastureland, predator attacks and a shortage of reliable feed. The practice ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: Bumthang, Wangdue, and Trongsa emerge as Bhutan’s solar hotspots
Private investors eyeing solar energy have three prime destinations: Bumthang, Wangdue, and Trongsa. Together, these dzongkhags hold the highest potential—2,099 megawatts (MW), 1,266MW, and 1,221MW ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: Clean cooking pilot launched in Chhumey
Farmers in remote parts of Chhumey Gewog in Bumthang who still use firewood for cooking are being encouraged to switch to cleaner cooking stoves. Some one ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: Motorbiking across Bhutan for a bowl of chilled buckwheat noodles
When outsiders talk about Bhutan, there’s praise aplenty—blue skies, green vales and cliff-hanging monasteries. But the good words rarely seem to extend to its food. The superlatives suddenly switch ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: Riddle of Bhutan: Why do we seek out suffering?
They tell you to sit by the window on the left side of the plane so that you can see “the view” when you fly into Bhutan. Never has a phrase been so empty as “the view.” As the plane neared our ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: Dispatch, Bhutan: Cricket in Bumthang
Travel Weekly Editor in Chief Arnie Weissmann recently traveled to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. His fourth dispatch follows. Click to read his first, second and third dispatches. BUMTHANG, ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: Dispatch, Bhutan: Cricket in Bumthang
Travel Weekly Editor in Chief Arnie Weissmann recently traveled to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. His fourth dispatch follows. Click to read his first, second and third dispatches. BUMTHANG, ...