mrKian

Today will be a long driving journey from Punakha to Trongsa, a 5 hours car journey on the windy mountain road. During the journey, we visited the Punakha Dzong, which is a place where every king is crowned. This Dzong is also where the current 5th king held his wedding before celebrating in Thimphu city. Did u notice that the staircases are divided into 3 sections? In the past, the middle potion can only be use by the royal family or someone with great status. But I'm not sure for now if they still practise that. There is this painting of a elephant, monkey, rabbit and bird in some of the Dzong. There's a little story about this. The bird found the seed and plant it, the rabbit water it, the monkey fertilize it and the elephant protect it. As the tree grow and bear fruits. They co-orperate and help one another to get the fruits from the tree. Guess the morale of the story is to co-operate with one another, work together in social harmony. ...

Drukair is Bhutan national airline, the one that depart from Singapore is a A319 airbus. A pretty comfy flight for the 6 hours, it's a full fledged flight that come with meals, drinks and blanket. The flight stopover at Kolkata for around 30 minutes and continue it's journey. Here's some tips when choosing the seats on the flight. Request for a seat on the left hand side of the plane when departing for Bhutan. Request for a seat on the right hand side of the plane when flying out of Bhutan WHY? Those who have yet to see Mount Everest in your entire life, here is a chance for you to see it!! Reaching Paro airport, the cold freezing wind greet us when we left the plane. It was about 2 degree Celsius in the morning and we quickly put on our gloves, scarf and beanies. The first thing that I notice is the cool fresh air. This really wake me up instantly. Paro airport has a structure of a modern building mix with traditional wood craving that yo...