Dave had the opportunity to travel to the Kingdom of Bhutan for work and Catherine and I took advantage of him getting this work visa and decided to join him. Travelling to the country of Bhutan is no easy feat and not because it is far away either-the flight is direct from Dhaka and only 45 minutes long! In Bhutan’s aim to maintain its traditional values and keep the backpackers to a minimum (unlike Nepal) it requires each and every tourist visitor (i.e. not official visitors-like us!) to secure visas only through a Bhutanese tour agency which require $200 USD per person per day for the duration of the visit! Well, you can imagine that this really does wonders to keep the riff-raff out! Here are some photos from our flight into Bhutan. More photos to come of our time there. The top two photos are of the airport and the bottom photo was taken from the airplane. The pilot claims this was Mt. Everest in the distance! Many people have told us that it can't be Mt. Everest-but we will believe the pilot (at least for know).
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That DOES look like Mt. Everest: profile, snow blowing off summit. Though it's looking awfully white.
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