The Travel Connection

Thimphu is a bustling capital city with 5 storey buildings packed like sardines. It is the rolling mountains beyond the building line that makes it different. The first thing I noticed as we drove in was the multiple car showrooms right from Toyota, Hyundai to Maruti and many others and cars of all sizes on the road.  The second thing that was pointed out to us by Tintin was that Thimphu is a signal free city. My immediate reaction was to admiringly assume Bhutanese were disciplined enough to follow rules without traffic lights. But then we came across a junction manned by a police man. Till date, license plates have never caught my interest. Bhutan changed it. I was drawn to the private vehicles with red license plate immediately. The number has prefix of "BP". Taxis are yellow in color with "BT" written on them. The diplomatic vehicles are green/blue with "CD". Royal Bhutan police have  blue license plate with RBP...

KING'S GUARD   Ceremonial Soldier at Tashichho Dzong , Thimphu AT YOUR FEET, LORD Humbly yours at Tashichho Dzong , Thimphu SPIRIT OF ENQUIRY The curious Bhutanese Gentleman at Memorial Chorten, Thimphu   CIRCLE OF LIFE Protected by 108 stupas at Dochula Pass THUNDERING DRAGON Tame the evil at Pungtang Dechen Photrang Dzong SCREEN THY MYTH   Protect thee at the Palace of great happiness, Punakha   PROSPECT   Three dimensional at the Fortress, Punakha       FORTRESS OF BLISS   Overlooking Punakha Dzong   ECHO THE GREEN Valleys of Punakha and Wangduephodrang       WAIT   Line at Paro Dzong     FOGGY DISPOSITION, NO PROBLEM   Pass the Dochula Pass NO NONSENSE   Respect ! Sangchhen Dorji Lhuendrup nunnery VEIL Haze over Taktsang Monastery and an invisible cloak on o...