In Bhutan

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October 17th 2012
Flew this morning to Paro, Bhutan. Feeling the altitude a bit, but only when climbing stairs,so expect it to get better. later, we head to higher elevations, so will see. This afternoon we went to the ruins of an old monastery.it was around for hundreds of years, but caught fire in 1951. Probably from butter lamps in the temple. Now, each temple can only have two butter lamps, and the others ar ... read more

Asia » Bhutan

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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