My room at the Druk Deothjung Hotel

Room breakdown: Electricity: Sporadic. Three long outages already on the first night. Toilet: It works. Hot water supply: Ask for a bucket. Heating: Trashigang was not a cold place. Food: Nice restaurant, typical buffet style food. Spoils: None. Pets: They stayed out of my view.

Meeting the warrior kings

October 8th 2006
The night's sleep proved most effective, still I'm not doing too well. I wake up with a headache and a slight stomach pain, the voice is still out of order, the throat is soar and I keep sneezing a lot. Still, the climate here in Mongar is much warmer than in Bumthang and it doesn't hamper my mood. After a slow start we go out to take a look at the local dzong before moving on towards Trashigang. ... read more

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In 1865, Britain and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Sinchulu, under which Bhutan would receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding some border land. Under British influence, a monarchy was set up in 1907; three years later, a treaty was signed wher... ... read more

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