Andy cycling Lhuntse valley

A short play about topography. And the wonderful BCF

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October 24th 2012
Prologue If something is steep, it is generally quite uphill or downhill. If something is flat, it is generally not very uphill or downhill. Simple, you’d think. NOT to Bhutanese people. Bizarrely, for a mountainous Kingdom in the Himalayas,, many Bhutanese seem to be under the impression that they are living on a featureless, flat landscape. Let us demonstrate this through the following sho ... 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