Word: bhutan
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...Bhutan is a small country in the Eastern Himalayas, wedged—and hidden—between India and China. I am here for a little over two months...
...they were good friends. In the beginning, I think of him as just a friend of my brother’s. The day I arrive, Dasho stops by to welcome me. Eight bodyguards wait outside while we drink milk tea and chat about Dan, Boston, my work here in Bhutan for the Royal Society for the Protection of Nature. Later, Dasho meets me for dinner at “Druk Hotel.” We eat ema datsi, the national dish—an incendiary bowl of hot chilli peppers and cheese—as he tries to hide behind...
When I walk through town the next day in my jeans and t-shirt, I may as well be wearing a string bikini; guys leer, girls giggle as I walk by. Bhutan has laws requiring citizens to wear national dress: a gho for men and kira for women. So on my second day, I go kira shopping. This turns out to be quite difficult. Unlike American retailers, eager to sell even the most hideous products, the woman in the textile shop immediately contradicts all my selections, simply saying “No” to each fabric I point...
Whether you're looking at them from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan or China, the Himalayas are always an uplifting sight: the world's highest mountain range has all 50 of the planet's tallest peaks, and most...
...individual medley. Last week, she became the first woman ever to do the double again. "When you do it once, that is very important," she says. "When you win twice and make history, that stays in the record books forever." TSHERING CHHODEN and TASHI PELJOR Bhutan had never won an Olympic match until current OS athletes Chhoden and Peljor scored archery's biggest first-round upsets last week. Chhoden beat 11th-seeded Chinese Lin Sang in the women's draw, and Peljor outshot No. 13 seed Jocelyn de Grandis of France in the men's. Both lost in the next...