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Finally out of Bangkok
I refused to write one word stating that I was on my way back to Bhutan until I was actually there. For a while, it looked as if the story of my return would have to be about a night’s stay in a cell...
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Hitching a ride to Paro tsechu
We started off early, before dawn. I was hitching a ride with a UNICEF vehicle that was making a morning run to the airport. My friend Jake, a journalist with NPR who I’ve mentioned before, was...
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3:00 a.m. -The revealing of the great thangka
For days I hadn’t been able to sleep more than a couple of hours a night. On the eve of the final day of Paro Tsechu, it was no different. And so, despite a state of exhaustion that was beginning to...
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Final images from Bhutan: Taktsang Monastery (The Tiger’s Nest)
Taktsang is just one of those places. Machu Picchu, the Great Pyramids, Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal —they don’t disappoint. The hike was long. And in hindsight, the almost comically-large bottle of...
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