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Bhutan
 Bhutan ... mountainous except for a small strip of subtropical plains in the extreme south which is intersected by valleys known as the Duars. The elevation gain from the subtropical plains to the glacier-covered Himalayan heights exceeds 7,000 m (23,000 feet). Its traditional economy is based on forestry, animal husbandry, and subsistence agriculture, however these account for less than 50% of the GDP now that Bhutan has become an exporter of hydroelectricity. Cash crops, tourism, and development aid (the latter mostly from India) are also significant. An extensive census conducted in April 2006 resulted in a population figure of 672,425. Thimphu is the capital and largest city.Newest Review: ... very good to start with and partly to the already-not-very-good roads having loads of landslips and undergoing patching-up repairs. Ladies, consider taking a sports bra. Driving in Bhutan is like galloping on a camel! G is for Gho The Gho is the male national dress. It looks a lot like a dressing gown and is tied tightly around the waste to give a big kangaroo-like 'pouch' at the front in ... more ... which men keep all sorts of handy things. They've no need for rucksacs, they just stuff everything in tehir gho. You aren't allowed to wear trousers with your gho until the snow is knee deep (or something like that - I might be exaggerating) so the stan...more |
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Bhutan? Who-tan? An A to Z of a Lost Kingdom (4940 words)
by - written on 12/11/08 (Very useful, 244 readings)
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I suspect that a lot of people haven't even heard of this tiny Himalayan kingdom and that would be fair enough. Don't beat yourself up if you don't know Bhutan - most people can't find it on a map so you're not alone. Tucked away in the Himalayas, sandwiched between Tibet and India, and strictly controlling who comes in and who goes out, the Bhutanese adopted a tactic that reminds me of Douglas Adams' creation, the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal. This creature appears in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as a "mindboggingly stupid animal" which assumed that if you can't see it, then it can't see you. By looking inwards and ignoring the outside world, ... Read the complete review
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