A little while later, with the encouragement of a patient partner and the hand-holding of the tour guide, we are across the gap, beguiled by the majesty of the monastery's location and stunned by the ambition of its architect. I start to feel content, ev

A huge poster commemorating the happy event is the first thing new arrivals see at Paro airport. It was the fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who asserted in 1972 - as the country began modernising its economy - that progress had to be managed...

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