Exploring Bhutan: A Journey Through Mountains and Culture
Embark on a visual and emotional journey through the mountains and cultural intricacies of Bhutan. Through vivid descriptions and captivating images, immerse yourself in the beauty of Bhutan’s landscapes, the warmth of its people, and the contrast between tradition and modernity. Experience the essence of Bhutan through the eyes of travelers encountering its unique charms and authenticity.
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Beyond the Sky and Earth
Q4 Q4 Language and structure (aim: 6) Language and structure (aim: 6) WHAT? WHAT technique is used plus WHAT idea is being conveyed? HOW? HOW do you know? (Evidence) WHY? WHY is the use of this method significant in conveying this idea? (Inference and significance)
Explode a quotation Related image Mountains all around, climbing up to peaks, rolling into valleys, again and again. Bhutan is all and only mountains.
Explode a quotation Related image The entire earth below us was a convulsion of crests and gorges and wind- sharpened pinnacles. Just past Everest, I caught a glimpse of the Tibetan plateau, the edge of a frozen desert 4,500 meters above sea level.
Explode a quotation Related image The next morning I share breakfast of instant coffee, powdered milk, plasticky white bread and flavorless red jam in the hotel with two other Canadians
Explode a quotation Related image Both Lorna and Sasha have traveled extensively; Lorna trekked all over Europe and northern Africa and Sasha worked for a year in an orphanage in Bombay. They are both ecstatic about Bhutan so far, and I stay close to them, hoping to pick up some of their enthusiasm.
Explode a quotation Related image Although Thimphu s official population is 20,000, it seems even smaller. It doesn t even have traffic lights.
Explode a quotation Related image One-storied shops with wooden shuttered windows open onto the street. They all seem to be selling the same things: onions, rice, milk powder, dried fish
Explode a quotation Related image Overall, these signs of cultural infiltration are few, but they are startling against the Bhutanese-ness of everything else.
Explode a quotation Related image The town itself looks very old, with cracked sidewalks and faded paintwork, but Gordon told us that it didn t exist thirty-odd years ago.
Explode a quotation Related image Thimphu will look like New York to you when you come back after a year in the east, he said. Thimphu will never look like New York to me.
Explode a quotation Related image The Bhutanese are a very handsome people, the best built race of men I ever saw, wrote emissary George Bogle on his way to Tibet in 1774, and I find I agree. Of medium height and sturdily built, they have beautiful aristocratic faces with dark, almond- shaped eyes, high cheekbones and gentle smiles.
Explode a quotation Related image I search for the right word to describe the people, for the quality that impresses me the most dignity, unselfconsciousness, good humor, grace but can find no single word to hold all of my impressions.
Explode a quotation Related image Our first lessons, in Bhutanese history, are the most interesting. Historical records show that waves of Tibetan immigrants settled in Bhutan sometime before the tenth century
Explode a quotation Related image Bhutan s preservation of its independent was remarkable. I am full of admiration for this small country that has managed to look after itself so well.
