Shopping in Bhutan was high on our agenda – after all the colourful Masks, the exquisite hand-made Kiras and Waist Bands, Thankas, Woven Bags, Stoles, even the traditional Jewellery allure you enough. We checked out the shops in Thimpu for some good items and good deals. And found that Thimpu […]
Calling Thimpu a city seems to be a misnomer. It’s a town – a small town (by Indian standards). Nestled in a valley, with the Wan Chhu river flowing through the middle, Thimpu looked to me every bit of a happy town. Sonam, our guide, had asked us to be […]
This classy and utterly colonial hotel in Darjeeling had been a boarding house for bachelor tea-planters from England and Scotland initially way back in the 19th century. It was converted to the famous ‘Windamere Hotel’ in the 1930s, post which, started an era of high profile stays from around the […]
Drive from Phuentsoling to Thimpu in Bhutan has probably been one of our most beautiful drives in recent times. Our guide, Sonam, who we met the previous evening for the Entry Permit/Pass formalities, had told us that we should start early from Phuentsoling in order to make it to Thimpu […]
Hotel Druk in Phuentsoling, Bhutan’s border town, is just about 300m from Phuentsoling’s Entry Gate. We were staying overnight in Phuentsoling for two reasons – one, we needed to get our Bhutan Entry Permit/Pass at the Immigration Office here. Second, we had reached the border town around 4 in the […]
Indians don’t need a Visa for entering Bhutan. If you are an Indian, you will have to get only a Bhutan Entry Permit/Pass, which can be obtained at any of the entry points from where you are entering Bhutan. How To Get An Entry Permit/Pass For Bhutan from the Phuentsholing […]
With this we begin our Bhutan odyssey. Monasteries perched on hillocks; beautiful, pristine landscape against sharp blue skies; beautifully dressed men and women dancing in festivals, walking their children, going about their regular chores; had enticed us for long. We had Bhutan in our itinerary for too long now, and […]
Are you planning a trip via the Bagdora airport in West Bengal? Let me help you with some basic information regarding the airport: Via the Bagdogra airport, you can go to Darjeeling, Kalimpong, the Dooars, Gangtok in India and Bhutan too. Although a small-sized airport, most airlines in India have […]