Bhutan is a place that is in my wish list for a long time now. So when fellow travel blogger and prolific traveller Priyank started writing about Bhutan, I followed his posts. His series of posts on Bhutan are a mix of interesting tidbits, opinions, some history and knowledge besides the chronology of his journey.<\/p>\n
As our bus descended into the valley, we saw houses with metal roofs and other signs of progress compared to Thimphu. I got into an argument with a guy who lamented the fact that natural building materials were being replaced by modern ones and that this trend is bad and that government should ban it. Well, I would personally prefer to live in a house with wooden or \u2018natural\u2019 roof. But who am I to judge others? I don\u2019t live in Paro! If local people think that metal roof is better, cheaper, functional, etc., I trust them more than my wishful thinking of an idealist world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He has just concluded the series with an interesting post<\/a> on how he managed to hitchhike out of the country when his money was running out! Read his series on Bhutan, titled Mystic Druk Yul<\/a> [link to table of contents]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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