High mountains and deep valleys as far as you can see. That is the first impression when you fly above Bhutan. From up high Bhutan appears very green and almost completely unpopulated. In the north (28.1 degree of latitude), the small kingdom, with its magnificent mountains that can reach 7500m into the sky, touches Tibet […]
We all know chili as a spice, but did you know it as a vegetable? No? If so, you should try Bhutan’s national dish “Ema Datshi” made of chili (Ema) and a cheese sauce (Datshi). Rice is served as a side-dish – every Bhutanese eats on average 300 kg of the grain per year, which […]
The Bhutanese lovingly call their country ’Druk Yul’ in Bhutan’s official language, Dzongkha. Bhutan is a small kingdom in the Himalayans, bordered by is large neighbours China from the north and India from the south. It ranges from the Indian lowlands with 200 m altitude to snow-covered mountains that are over 7500 m high. The […]
Bhutan, the last Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas, is almost the same size as Switzerland. It is trapped in between its huge neighbours, China and India. With about 750,000 inhabitants, Bhutan is sparsely populated and has retained much of its originality. Native Bhutanese call their country lovingly Druk Yul, Land of the Thunder Dragon, because […]