Tag Archives: 2013
Bhutan – Beyond the Regular
The concluding post of the ongoing series of posts on the two week trip that we did to Bhutan in May of 2013. Thimphu, Punakha and Paro in the western part of Bhutan form the regular tourist circuit. Bhutan has much more … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, asia, bhutan, bumthang, eastern himalayas, gangtey, hills, himalayas, indian subcontinent, jakar, phobjikha valley, trongsa, Trongsa Dzong, vacation
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Bhutan – Regular Tourist Circuit
The first detailed post on the places that we visited during our two week trip to Bhutan in May, 2013. This one will be on the three cities of Bhutan that is on the itinerary of most of the tourists … Continue reading
Bhutan Birding Diaries – Part IV
The final post from the Bhutan birding diaries. The list of birds, as you will read below, just got better!! In my previous post I’d mentioned about the return journey to Paro from Jakar. We would be breaking the journey … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, bhutan, birding, birds, eastern himalayas, hills, himalayas, indian subcontinent, nature, Pheasants, Satyr Tragopan, travel, vacation, wildlife
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Bhutan Birding Diaries – Part III
The birding diaries continue on. Taking up from where I left off in my previous post, the highlight of this post is the birding heaven in Central Bhutan which will always remain memorable. I am talking about Trongsa and its … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, bhutan, birding, birds, bumthang, central bhutan, eastern himalayas, hills, himalayas, indian subcontinent, jakar, nature, travel, trongsa, vacation, wildlife
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Bhutan Birding Diaries – Part II
The second post from the birding diaries from an awesome trip to Druk Yul aka the Land of the Thunder Dragon. Continuing from where I left off in my previous post, the next place on the itinerary was Punakha. Punakha … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, bhutan, birding, birds, eastern himalayas, hills, himalayas, indian subcontinent, jigme dorji national park, jigme dorji NP, nature, pele la, punakha, travel, vacation, wildlife
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Bhutan Birding Diaries – Part I
A memorable two week long trip, in the second week of May 2013, to the land of the thunder dragon. There was a surprise awaiting us at every turn literally. Some days it just rained birds! There were lifers as … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, bhutan, birding, birds, dochu la, eastern himalayas, hills, himalayas, indian subcontinent, lamperi, nature, royal botanical garden of bhutan, thimphu, travel, vacation, wildlife
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Bhutan, Druk Yul, Land of the Thunder Dragon
Nestled among the mountains of the mighty Himalayas. Mystical to many. You could, or atleast Pico Iyer did, call it “off the map”. Till a few years ago, this was the land of the unknown. Even now much of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, asia, bhutan, eastern himalayas, indian subcontinent, nature, thunder dragon, travel, vacation
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Travels without plans 