Bhutan

The best part of Bhutan was the people, who were uniformly friendly and engaging. First here are some pictures of Bhutanese people.  We stopped at a souvenir stand for a restroom break, and a school bus pulled over, letting students off. The kids were a lot of fun to talk to.    These three pictures […]

We had three different hikes in Bhutan. The first hike was to Khamsum Yulley Namgyal Chorten, a Buddhist temple in Bhutan built to bring peace and protect the country. We started the hike by crossing a suspension bridge.  The trail had wonderful views of the valley and its terraced rice paddy fields. There was a

We did see some animals on this trip, although it did not compare to what we saw in Puerto Deseado or Ushuaia, in Patagonia. Note the Golden Langur at the top of this post; I will discuss them further at the end of this post. We stopped at one of the mountain passes, Pele La

The Go Learn travel program always has an educational component. This trip focused on both Bhutan’s distinctive culture, and on health care in a unique developing country. Jeff, our tour leader, is a physician and a Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and has studied Global Health, particularly in resource-limited settings. We

I met the other people in our tour group at the Bangkok Airport hotel the night before our flight to Bhutan. I knew ten people from our Patagonia trip, and also met new travellers. A great group, really fun travelling companions!  Several people told me I needed to go on the airline website and get

Bhutan is an amazing place. A small country in Asia with stunning Himalayan landscapes, it is renowned for prioritizing the country’s Gross National Happiness over its Gross National Product. The concept of Gross National Happiness implies that sustainable development should take a holistic approach towards notions of progress and give equal importance to well-being. It