Sanga's Family

Staying with Sanga in Hongtsu

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August 25th 2012
On the first weekend of our stay our good friend Sanga, invited us to his home up in the mountains in Hongtsu! We arrived by bicycle, exhausted, after 18km of unrelenting uphill cycling at altitude, to find Sanga working in his garden. He was doing the kind of work that you wouldn't imagine a blind person to be well suited to - shaping rocks with a hammer. ... read more

Asia » Bhutan » Thimphu

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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