I live in San Francisco and work in North Beach. The next time, probably sometime in August, I blow a fuse trying to navigate narrow sidewalks around hordes of tourists, I’ll have to remember how kindly I’ve been treated by the Bhutanese. The generosity and tolerance I’ve encountered here in Bhutan is unimaginable. Even the […]
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No, not those kinds. You’ll have to wait until I conclude my trip in Khao Lak, near Phuket, for those kinds of babes. Bhutan is a very poor country but difficult to place in terms of first, second, or third world. It is pretty much other worldly. Poverty is evident but there is also an […]
Chiles are ubiquitous in Bhutanese cuisine. Rather than a role as condiment, chiles are given center stage, dominating various dishes as well as the masochistic taste buds of foreign tourists. The Bhutanese do buy and sell food products other than chiles, even if nowhere to be found outside the vegetable market. Like dried yak cheese […]
Greetings from the Land of the Thunder Dragon Bhutan. Why Bhutan? The last and perhaps most mysterious of the Forbidden Kingdoms, a place where Gross Domestic Product is measured in units of Happiness rather than Productivity. It is also a nation-state, in its struggle for modernity, that has exiled nearly one-third of its population because […]
Brilliant, just brilliant Yes, I am easily amused Off to market we will go Only to find ourselves in a freaking monsoon Not that I’m complaining or anything The Grand Palace Restoration work Seeking shelter Hmmm…just saying Too much coffee?
Foraging the streets of Bangkok on 4 hours of sleep I’m not the only one who is hungry Wandering the canals Worshipping at the altar of Alexander McQueen Fellow pilgrims
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