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Five Hundred

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September 23rd 2007
My third day in Thimphu began with an alarm at 5:15am. I needed to shower for the annual bath. Basically you need to shower early in the morning before attending the festival and then receiving a blessing from Buddha. And at six am I was to meet Tshultrim for an early morning brisk walk. Brisk actually turned out to be frigid and I was poorly dressed, despite having brought hat, gloves, scarf ... 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