Bhutan News » Bumthang 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: New hive technology transforms honey harvesting in Bumthang
Honey harvesting is becoming easier for a group of beekeepers in Bumthang, thanks to flow hive technology introduced to them a year ago. It allows ...
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: 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: Beyond Tiger's Nest: The ultimate guide to Bhutan's hidden valleys and mindful luxury
From cliffside monasteries to a mindfulness city rising in the south, Bhutan remains one of the last places where tourism is designed around restraint. Here’s where to go, where to stay, and how to pl ...
News Bhutan » Bumthang: National Day in Bumthang, woven in tradition and belonging
What stood out most at the 118th National Day celebrations in Bumthang was not just the size of the crowd or the grandeur of the ceremony, but the quiet uniformity of colour and weave. Across the ...
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: ADB backs Bhutan's 310-MW solar expansion with $160m loan
Three solar farms to be built in Bumthang and Lhuentse. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $160m loan to finance the expansion of solar power generation in Bhutan, supporting the ...
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, ...