After resting up in Bangkok, I joined a Geographic Expeditions tour to Bhutan. We took in two festivals, one in Thimpu and one in the countryside at Thangbimani Lhakhang, both of which were stunning spectacles, plus a thangka raising, also in the countryside near Bumthang at Namkhai Ningpo. For a description of the trip, see http://www.wilhelmswords.com/asia2001.
