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Hello and Bye Bye ...  
   

Hello and Bye Bye ...

... from the the highest pass we crossed - Yutongla: 3485m - according to a fellow passenger's watch. This was shortly after WE SAW THE KING OF BHUTAN!!! (Well, he passed us in a car. And that took about 2 seconds.)
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May 24th 2009
Now, finally, the last (?) instalment of my travel accounts “One Year Off“. Of course, it’s not the end of the year yet - I have just a little more than two months before I need to go back to work - and I’ll be going on another short trip at the end of this week - but that’s only within Europe, the Pyrenees to be exact, and that doesn’t really seem to count. Why did it take me so long ... read more
Asia » Bhutan » Paro

Bhutanese Flag 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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