Thursday, June 01, 2006
The Bhutanese experience
I have been wanting to write about my Bhutanese experience for quite some time now but lethargy was getting the better of me.
Not that it was something to write home about. We failed to get a permit for the intended trek (Jhomolhari), because we hadn't officially hired a trekking company (which costs a bomb). It is therefore a reasonable assumption that trekking in Bhutan is not for Indians. Even the guys at the Indian Embassy in Thimphu couldn't help us. So we spent about 3 days walking up and down the Bhutanese heartland, visiting the Taksang Monastry, the Makin Reserve and the Jele Zhong (3500 m.), things which didn't need a permit.
And, by the end, we had enough of Bhutan, and were thrilled after we crossed back into India at the border town of Phuentsholling.
More later.
Not that it was something to write home about. We failed to get a permit for the intended trek (Jhomolhari), because we hadn't officially hired a trekking company (which costs a bomb). It is therefore a reasonable assumption that trekking in Bhutan is not for Indians. Even the guys at the Indian Embassy in Thimphu couldn't help us. So we spent about 3 days walking up and down the Bhutanese heartland, visiting the Taksang Monastry, the Makin Reserve and the Jele Zhong (3500 m.), things which didn't need a permit.
And, by the end, we had enough of Bhutan, and were thrilled after we crossed back into India at the border town of Phuentsholling.
More later.
// posted by aditya @ 9:35 AM 
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I think that Bhutanese government is strict about tourism to preserve the environment. Well, it is not a good thing for a tourist but until now Bhutan is one of the best examples of preserving environement in an ever polluted world.
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: 5:36 PM
That is not the point. The point is whether you should have the same trekking charges in dollars for Americans/Europeans and Indians. And if organised trekking is expensive for some, why not allow them to trek on their own ? After all, India also has lots of good Himalayan Trekking options.
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