My room at the Gongkhar guesthouse

Room breakdown: Electricity: Some minor outages. European style two pin plug available. Toilet: Fully operational. Hot water supply: Reliable. Heating: Your own fireplace. Food: Excellent restaurant, from breakfast to dinner. Five stars! Spoils: A jar of kerosene. Pets: I had a millipede in the bathroom.

Into the cultural heartland

October 5th 2006
My alarm goes off at seven in the morning. Drifting out from sleep my first conscious thought is that I don't want to get up. I think about the joys of a cold shower on the freezing floor tiles and find the concept quite easy to resist. Dorji is still snoring and I ask Tshering what the weather looks like. He pulls the curtain to the side and a gloomy grey light shoots into the room. Marvellous, i ... 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

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