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Bhutan - People and Places

My Geographic Expeditions tour started in Paro, took in the last day of a festival in Thimpu, and then headed east. for Bumthang. We returned to Thimpu via Trongsa and Punakha. For a description of the trip, see http://www.wilhelmswords.com/asia2001.
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    Building, Bhutanese-style, in Thimpu.
    The national animal, the takin. Apparently, when the king decided that a zoo wasn't consonant with Buddhist philosophy, the takin were too tame (or too stupid) to be returned to the wild.
    National library in Thimpu