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Description
The Kingdom of Bhutan (འབྲུག་ཡུལ) (which used to be one of the most isolated nations in the world) is located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains between India and China. The Bhutanese call their country Druk Yul. The landscape ranges from subtropical plains in the south to the Himalayan heights in the north, with some peaks exceeding 7,000 m like the Chomolhari. The population is predominantly Buddhist.
Main sights
Drukgyal Dzong, Gangtey, Jitchu Dracke, Kichu, Paro, Punakha, Taktshang, Thimphu: the capital, Wangdi Phodrang Dzong
List of sights254 photos
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Chomolhari74 photos
Chomolhari or Jomolhari sometimes known as “the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas with an elevation of 7,326 m, straddling the…
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Other Monasteries in Bhutan54 photos
Drukgyal Dzong was a fortress and Buddhist monastery, now in ruins, located in the upper part of the Paro District, Bhutan. The dzong was probably…
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Paro126 photos
Paro is a town and seat of Paro District, located in the Paro Valley of Bhutan. It is a historic town with many sacred sites and historical…
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Countries visited33,744 photos
List of countries visited worldwide.
List of sights: Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands,…-Tengboche-(3860m).hero.jpg?w=320)
Himalayas2,274 photos
The Himalayas are a high mountain system in Asia between the Indian subcontinent in the south and the Tibetan highlands in the north. The mountain…
List of sights: Annapurna, Bhutan, Khumbu 1991, Khumbu 1997, Ladakh, Mustang, Tibet, Zanskar