The first day in Thimphu we headed down to the weekend market that takes place every Friday through Sunday. Local farmers from all over sell their goods; chilies, beans, radishes, carrots, dried pork, Yak meat, etc…The meat area, which is all by itself at one end of the market, is hard to get used to. The heads and hoofs are right in plain site. There are tons of dogs that hang out hoping for a stray piece of meat. Bhutan is basically out of chicken at the moment. They don’t allow any bird meat into the country from outside because they are so scared of bird flu. Shane and I usually head to the market with other lodge staff who buy an entire truck load of food every Friday. The owner of the stand the lodge
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