Bhutan

Bhutan

Bhutan is an ancient land secluded high in the eastern Himalayas with unique customs and pleople with deeply held beliefs. This is a land of dzongs and monastaries; monks; majestic mountains and a rich heritage, and an architectural style like no other on earth and a land full of warm-hearted, friendly people who go to unusual lengths to preserve each element of Bhutanese life. Today as a visitor picks up a telephone to call home or travels over a wide network of roads, it may be difficult to imagine that as recently as the 1960's telecommunication was non-existent in Bhutan and travel within the kingdom could only be made by horseback or on foot... there were no roads. Beyond building a telecommunication network and roads, the country has been integrationg the process of modernization with the rich heritage of its past. Bhutanese go to unusual lengths to preserve each element in their life: from environment to language to religion they have managed to keep their century-old culture and traditions alive. Besides learning as much as they can from their past, they also try wherever possible to embrace the future and develop it into the Bhutanese way.