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One of the many Naxi Guesthouses along the trail

Last Days of the Tiger Leaping Gorge?

Deep in Yunnan Province, at the foot of the Himalayas, the Yangtze River (here known as the Yello...

Bhutan / Afghanistan / China Adam Bray

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The Mountain Trails

Part I – Embarking on an unfamiliar territory… Adventure really did not begin ...

Bhutan / Afghanistan / China Nandini Raybaruah

Little Buddha

Film Review: Little Buddha

In this film adaptation of a true story, a Tibetan Buddhist lama's search for the reincarnation o...

Bhutan / China Celeste Heiter

Thukpa

Thukpa is popular throughout all the Himalayan countries, and there are as many preparations as t...

Bhutan / China / Nepal Celeste Heiter

A Call for Chopsticks

As an ongoing motif in my new ThingsAsian Dinner & a Movie weblog format, I want to include chops...

Bhutan Celeste Heiter

Yeti Airlines, on the airstrip in Simikot (9,400'), Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4

1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- u...

Bhutan / Afghanistan / China Jeff Greenwald

Black Narcissus

Film Review: Black Narcissus

Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, Black Narcissus tells the story of a cloister of nuns from th...

Bhutan / China / Nepal Celeste Heiter

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The Himalayan Yeti -- Believe what you will

1913: A Chinese hunting party captured an apelike creature that their Tibetan loaders identified ...

Bhutan / Afghanistan / China Nabanita Dutt

A lush, green terraced hillside

Landscapes of Bhutan

A story told with photos.

Bhutan Doug Mendel

Travellers and Magicians

Film Review: Travellers and Magicians

Travellers and Magicians is an excellent portrait of Bhutanese life and culture, with its lush an...

Bhutan Celeste Heiter

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Bhutan bucks regional trend in attitude to women

In the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, which only recently opened its doors to the modern world, wom...

Bhutan AFP/Anjali Kwatra

Bhutanese spiritual leader-turned film director Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche discusses his new film "Travellers and Magicians".

Bhutanese Lama's new movie

The silence of the lama has proved short-lived -- Bhutanese spiritual leader-turned film director...

Bhutan AFP/Bryan Pearson

Jasha Maroo (Spicy Chicken Stew)

'Travellers and Magicians' Bhutanese Recipes and Photos

This Bhutanese menu features Momo dumplings filled with ground yak, a brilliant pickled red cabba...

Bhutan Celeste Heiter

Ema Datshi

Recipe: Ema Datshi

This Bhutanese dish is commonly served with red rice. However, since it is much like a peppery go...

Bhutan Celeste Heiter

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Soap addicts and news junkies after three years of TV in Bhutan

BABESA, Bhutan, Nov 1, 2002 - Karma Zangmo watches television for 12 hours a day as she sits behi...

Bhutan AFP/Anjali Kwatra

Khuru is a darts match and it's serious competitive sport in Bhutan. We happen upon a game in the...

Bhutan Kim Indresano

A story told with photos.

Bhutan Kim Indresano

Sacred Sites of Bhutan

We have never seen anything like the enormous fortress monasteries, called Dzongs. Their size is ...

Bhutan Kim Indresano

Jambe Lhakhang Drup

We arrive in the beautiful Bumthang valley in Central Bhutan in time for the Jambe Lhakhang Drup....

Bhutan Kim Indresano

There is one main winding east-west road in Bhutan. It's in good shape but quite narrow and slow-...

Bhutan Kim Indresano

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